Porimol Palma

Bangladesh and UK will hold a two-day strategic dialogue beginning today. It will cover political, diplomatic, trade and development relationship between the two countries in the post-Brexit era.

Bangladesh Foreign Secretary Masud Bin Momen and UK Permanent Under-Secretary of Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) Sir Philip Barton will lead the respective delegations in the meeting in London.

Masud Bin Momen arrived in London last night, while UK High Commissioner to Bangladesh Robert Chatterton Dickson had arrived there for the dialogue on Tuesday.

This is the fourth Bangladesh-UK Strategic Dialogue, an annual meet of the two countries held alternatively in Dhaka and London. However, this year’s iteration comes after a break, as the dialogue could not be held last year due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

In the dialogue, the UK will congratulate Bangladesh on its golden jubilee of independence, according to diplomatic sources.

It will also laud the contribution of British Bangladeshis, especially in the UK’s health sector, where a significant number of doctors and nurses are of Bangladeshi origins. There are about 600,000 British Bangladeshis in the UK, making people to people