Bangladesh and Australia have celebrated 50 years of diplomatic relations reiterating with the two governments committing to promote meaningful partnership to face regional and global challenges like climate change, forced displacement and regional security. The Australian High Commission in Dhaka hosted a programme at a city hotel on Monday evening, marking the day. Attending the function, State Minister for Foreign Affairs Md Shahriar Alam and Australian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Jeremy Bruer highlighted the respective government’s commitment to foster bilateral engagement on Covid-19 recovery, trade and investment, education, technology and innovation.

The Australian High Commission in Dhaka on Tuesday announced the release of Australia’s COVID-19 Development Response Plan for Bangladesh for 2020- 2021 saying the country  appreciates its strong development, people-to-people and trade ties with Bangladesh.

Australian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Jeremy Bruer has said Bangladesh and Australia need to redouble their efforts to ensure that the two countries can take advantage of new opportunities in trade and investment as the world begins to recover from the fallouts of the COVID-19 pandemic.