Bangladesh, Czech Republic seek to deepen ties through science, culture, innovation

The Embassy of Bangladesh in Berlin in cooperation with the Oriental Institute, Czech Academy of Sciences organised an event titled as “Building bridges through science, language and diaspora engagement” at the auditorium of Department of Physics of the Academy in Prague yesterday.

Muhammad Zulqar Nain, the ambassador of Bangladesh to Germany, concurrently accredited to Czech Republic in his keynote speech highlighted on exploring new areas of cooperation between Bangladesh-Czech Republic in areas such as culture, science, technology, start-ups, innovation etc. through tools of cultural, economic and science diplomacy.

The ambassador underscored that the new democratically elected government in Bangladesh has stressed on enhanced cooperation and engagements with its partners in the EU after restoration of democracy in Bangladesh through a free and fair elections in 26 February.

He paid special tribute to the students, political activists and the people from all walks of life in Bangladesh who made supreme sacrifices in this month of July 2024.  

Mgr. Táňa Dluhošová, the director of the Oriental institute, highly appreciated the initiative and underscored that although there lies historical ties between Bangladesh-Czech Republic through the visits of Rabindranath Tagore and the Bangladeshi students during the era of Czechoslovakia, there are unexplored areas of cooperation between the nations.

She further mentioned that such initiative from the embassy could be considered as the base of new era of cooperation between the two nations.

Mr David Muller, the director general of the Ministry of Trade and Industry, Czech Republic emphasised that the bilateral economic relations between the two nations could be further enhanced through culture, languages, science and people to people contacts.

Vladimira Hirsch, the head of South Asia Desk, Ministry of the Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic, thanked such an initiative from the embassy and hoped that the bilateral relations between the countries will further be consolidated through culture, science and economic cooperation.

Anna Marie koubova , a Bengali language student of Charles University, recited a Bengali poem from Gitanjali written by Rabindranath Tagore.

Syed Hasan Mamun, the representative from the Bangladeshi community in Prague thanked the embassy, the representatives of the Czech government and the community members and hoped that such initiatives will be continued in future.

The discussion session was followed by a buffet dinner of Bangladeshi delicacies.

The event was attended by people from a wider spectrum: the high government officials from the Czech government, academia, researchers, students, professionals, businessmen and the Bangladeshi community members in Prague.

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