Bangladesh Ambassador to Switzerland Sufiur Rahman presented his credentials to President Alan Berset of Swiss Federal Council at the Federal Palace in Bern on Tuesday. The Ambassador was taken to the palace by a motorcade and a guard of honour was given. A brief discussion on partnership between the two countries was also held. Ambassador Sufiur conveyed greetings of Bangladesh President Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to the Swiss president. Read more: New Chinese envoy presents credentials to President Hamid Recalling his tour to Bangladesh in 2018, the Swiss President Alan lauded recent economic progress of the country and thanked Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for sheltering forcibly displaced Myanmar’s Rohingyas, according to a message received Ambassador Sufiur called upon the international community including the Switzerland government to play a strong role in repatriating the Rohingya nationals to their country safely. Highlighting the role of the European country in development of Bangladesh over the past decades, he put up the need for transforming the existing bilateral relationship to a full partnership for socio-economic development. He requested the Swiss president to boost cooperation between the two countries to face impacts of climate change and develop human resources through exchanging professional knowledge. Hoping for investment from Switzerland to Bangladesh, the ambassador said the amount of bilateral business is now $1billion while developed technologies and modern gears of Switzerland are used in several economic sectors of the country. The Swiss President Alan informed that his country’s businesspeople are keen to invest in Bangladesh. Read more: New Japanese Ambassador presents credentials to President He urged the Bangladesh ambassador to work on expanding the bilateral relationship especially on economic and cultural sides.

Eight non-resident ambassadors and a high-commissioner presented their  credentials to President Abdul Hamid at Bangabhaban on Wednesday. Press Secretary Joynal Abedin briefed reporters after the meeting. Ambassador of Romania to Bangladesh, India and Nepal Daniela Sezonov Tane,  Estonian ambassador Katrin Kivi, Irish ambassador Brendan Ward, Rwanda ambassador MUKANGIRA Jacqueline, ambassador of Mauritania Mohammed Ahmed Salem Mohamed Rara, Argentine ambassador Hugo Kavier GOBBI, Kazak ambassador Nurlan Zhalgasbayev, ambassador of Dominican Republic David Emmanuel Puig Buchel and high commissioner of Nigeria Ahmed Sule presented their credentials. Welcoming the new ambassadors, President Hamid hoped that they would work for the development of their respective countries' relations with Bangladesh during their tenure. READ: Japan's emperor greets president on 50th anniversary of independence  Mentioning the main motto of Bangladesh's foreign policy, 'Friendship to all, malice to none', the president said Bangladesh attaches importance to developing relations with all countries of the world. Secretary to the President's Office Sampad Barua, Military Secretary Major General SM Salah Uddin Islam, Press Secretary Joynal Abedin  were present on the occasion. Earlier, a smartly turned out contingent of the Presidential Guard Regiment presented the Guard of Honor to the new envoys.

Ambassador Daniela Sezonov Tane on Wednesday presented her credentials to President Abdul Hamid as the non-resident envoy of Romania to Bangladesh. Based in New Delhi she also serves concurrently as her country’s ambassador to Indian and Nepal. Ambassador Daniela was given a guard of honour by a smartly turned out contingent of Presidential Guard Regiment on her arrival at Bangabhaban, President’s Press Secretary Joynal Abedin said. Read: Sustainable solution of Rohingya issues lies on repatriation: FS Welcoming the new ambassador President Hamid hoped that Bangladesh’s good relations with Romania will grow further under her tenure. Earlier on Tuesday evening Enayetullah Khan, Honorary Consul of Romania in Bangladesh, hosted a reception at his Baridhara residence in honor of Ambassador Daniela. "I am happy to be in Bangladesh. I am very proud to be in Bangladesh," she said, adding that Bangladesh and Romania are trying to do some important events together to mark the 50 years of their diplomatic relations. She said Romanians are trying to help as much as they can amid the crisis in Ukraine and recalled how they helped Indian students and some Bangladeshi people who got stranded in Ukraine. “Now we need to be together to stand for some basic general values. I hope the situation will improve,” said the Romanian ambassador, adding that it is a war which has to be condemned by everybody. “We can’t have double standards.” After falling in love with India, through the ancient wisdom of the Vedas and the Upanishads, Ambassador Daniela decided to study Hindi language and literature at the University of Bucharest. She was part of the first batch of students studying Hindi in post-communist Romania. In 1992 Daniela received a scholarship from the Indian government, for the study of Hindi language and culture, at Kendriya Hindi Sansthan, Agra and this is how she discovered India at 22. Enayetullah Khan said Romania was one of the first countries in the world to recognize Bangladesh as a sovereign country and expressed his happiness to see Ambassador Daniela in Dhaka who she met first almost 20 years ago. He said Covid has taught them to think differently during the last two years and subsequent sufferings due to the pandemic made them stronger. Khan hoped that the situation in Ukraine would turn better and would be peaceful. “I hope there will be peace in the world. There will be more prosperity.” He said though there are new challenges they would be able to face those challenges unitedly for a better world. “This is a new Bangladesh. It’s a rising Bangladesh,” Khan said, adding that they are working hard to promote Bangladesh coming out from “image deficit”. Khan hoped for peace and prosperity in the world and noted that in every crisis there is an opportunity. “I hope Bangladesh-Romania relations will grow bigger, stronger and deeper.” Secretary (West) at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Shabbir Ahmad Chowdhury gratefully recalled the support of the Romanian Foreign Ministry and Bangladesh Mission in Bucharest in helping stranded Bangladeshis leave Ukraine through Moldova and Romania. Read:EU, Bangladesh remain in 'constant dialogue' over HR issues “I am very much impressed by the way she looks into Bangladesh and she (Romanian Ambassador) has expressed her willingness to elevate the relationship between the two countries to a different height,” he said. The secretary said much progress has been made and Romania is looking forward to having a lot of manpower from Bangladesh and the new ambassador has committed to facilitate it. “Our relationship will grow strength to strength in the future.” Current and former diplomats including former Ambassador Farooq Sobhan and Honorary Advisor Emeritus, Cosmos Foundation Ambassador (Retd) Tariq A Karim were present. 

Newly appointed Ambassador of Bangladesh to Oman Mizanur Rahman has presented the “Letter of Credence” to Sultan of Oman Sultan Haitham bin Tariq at the Palace located adjacent to the capital city of Muscat.

Australian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Jeremy Christopher Courtenay Bruer on Thursday presented his credentials to President Abdul Hamid at Bangabhaban.

Bangladesh High Commissioner to India Muhammad Imran presented his credentials to the President of India, Ram Nath Kovind, at a ceremony held at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on Tuesday.