17th Edition of Country Lecture Series (CLS) 2024 on Bangladesh-Malaysia Relations: Moving towards Prosperity

Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies (BIISS) organised a Lecture under its Country Lecture Series (CLS) 2024, titled “Bangladesh-Malaysia Relations: Moving towards Prosperity” on Sunday, 15 September 2024 at BIISS auditorium. Ambassador M Riaz Hamidullah, Additional Foreign Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Bangladesh graced the event as Special Guest. H E Haznah Md Hashim, High Commissioner of Malaysia to Bangladesh delivered the keynote presentation. Ambassador A F M Gousal Azam Sarker, Chairman, BIISS chaired the session and Major General Iftekhar Anis, BSP, awc, afwc, psc, PEng, Director General, BIISS, delivered the welcome address. Following that, an open discussion session was held to gather insights from the audience as to how Bangladesh-Malaysia relations can be strengthened further in the coming days. As a flagship event, BIISS introduced the CLS in 2013. The objectives of this lecture series have been to enhance knowledge and understanding of Bangladesh regarding the partner countries as well as to study the relationship between Bangladesh and a particular development partner country to explore further the scope and potential of the bilateral relationship. This is the maiden session of the BIISS Country Lecture Series in 2024 after an interruption due to Covid-19. Senior officials from different ministries, ambassadors, high commissioners, former diplomats, senior military officials, media, researchers, businesspeople, teachers and students from various universities, and representatives from different think tanks and international organisations participated in the CLS and enriched it by presenting their valuable opinions, comments, suggestions, and observations during the open discussion session.