The Bangladesh high commissioner to Malaysia has highlighted the remarkable digital transformation of his country and underlined the importance of establishing institutional linkages to promote greater bilateral collaboration in ICT and digital economy.
"We are determined to work closely with Malaysia to find ways and means to establish the Bangladesh-Malaysia Digital Economy Corridor in terms of enabling policy support and stakeholders’ integration and participation," said High Commissioner Md Golam Sarwar.
The envoy mentioned Bangladesh’s achievements in the ICT and digital economy field and invited Malaysian entrepreneurs to invest in high-tech parks in Bangladesh for a mutually beneficial partnership in the field of the digital economy.
Following two years of the Covid-19 break, Wisma Putra, the Malaysian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in collaboration with Multimedia University (MMU) and Axiata organised the first in-person workshop under the Malaysian Technical Cooperation Programme (MTCP) from October 3 to 7.
A 15-member Bangladesh delegation led by Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) Director General (Systems and Services Division) Brig Gen Md Nasim Parvez and comprising senior officials of the concerned regulatory organisations of Bangladesh, participated in the workshop on ICT/Digital economy.
The concluding ceremony of the workshop, held at MMU, Cyberjaya was also attended by Hafizah Abdullah, undersecretary, International Cooperation and Development Division (ICDD), Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Malaysia, Vivek Sood, Joint Acting Group CFO Axiata/ Group CFO Berhad and Prof Mazliham Mohd Su’ud, president of Multimedia University.
While attending the concluding ceremony, the Bangladesh envoy expressed his deep appreciation to the government of Malaysia for organising the timely event under the G2G initiative.
The undersecretary of the Malaysian foreign ministry highlighted the existing bilateral relations between Bangladesh and Malaysia.
She informed the participants about MTCP, including Malaysia’s strong commitment to strengthening South-South cooperation, and the Malaysian government’s initiatives on digital transformation.
The president and CEO of MMU informed about various activities at MMU and apprised that the toppers at the university are from the 228 Bangladeshi students studying in MMU.
Earlier, the opening ceremony of the workshop was organised on October 3 in presence of Mohammad Khorshed A Khastagir, deputy high commissioner of Bangladesh, Prof Hairul Azhar Bin Abdul Rashid, vice-president of MMU and Farah Fazarina Binti Mohamad, principal assistant secretary (ICDD) of Malaysian MOFA.
In her speech, Farah informed that some 800 Bangladeshis have benefitted from the MTCP programme to date.
She expressed hope that the participants would be able to learn about the Malaysian experience in digital transformation and its best practices in the field of the digital economy.
During the week-long workshop, besides attending academic sessions, the Bangladeshi delegates paid study visits to relevant government institutions in Malaysia.
