PM Sheikh Hasina and Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa / File Photo
Bangladesh and Sri Lanka governments on Saturday signed six Memorandum of Understandings (MoUs) to enhance cooperation between the two countries in different areas, including youth development.
These MoUs, include MoU on cooperation for strengthening youth development between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, MoU between Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council (BARC) and Sri Lanka Council for Agricultural Research Policy (SLCARP) and MoU between Directorate of Technical Education of Bangladesh and Tertiary and Vocational Education Commission (TVEC) of Sri Lanka on Exchange of Documentation on Vocational Qualifications.
Besides, MoU on Cooperation for Training of Bangladesh Nurses and Health Care Workers in Sri Lanka, MoU on cooperation between Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies and Lakshman Kadirgamar Institute of International Relations and Strategic Studies, and MoU on Cultural Programs between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka for years 2021-2025 was also signed.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa witnessed the signing ceremony.
The MoUs were inked after the bilateral talks between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka that took place at the Prime Minister’s Office.
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and visiting Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa led their respective delegation sides at the talks.
Earlier, on the arrival of the Sri Lankan premier at the PMO, he was received by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at the Tiger Gate.
Rajapaksa arrived in Dhaka on Friday morning on a two-day bilateral visit to join the celebration of the birth centenary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and the golden jubilee of the country’s independence.
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