UK for boosting bond with Dhaka in next 50yrs

British High Commissioner here Robert Chatterton Dickson on Friday said the United Kingdom (UK) looks forward to strengthen bonds of kinship and culture with Bangladesh in the next 50 years and beyond.

“Modern links between the UK and Bangladesh include trade and investment … We share a mutual vision of a modern 21st century partnership bound by strong historical ties,” he said in a message marking the UK-Bangladesh 50-year anniversary of diplomatic ties.  

The envoy said, today, the world looks with admiration at what Bangladesh has achieved in its first half century, an RMG powerhouse, a leading contributor to peace and security, especially as a provider of troops to UN peacekeeping missions, and one of the most influential global voices on climate change that reacted at COP26 in Glasgow.