Celebrating 50 Years of German- Bangladesh Relations

28 March 2022
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Program

Time (BST)

Registration and Refreshment

09.30-10.00

Opening Remarks

  • Felix Kolbitz, Resident Representative, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Bangladesh
  • Dr. Manjur A Chowdhury, Chairperson, Centre for Governance Studies

10.00-10.10

Keynote Speech

Md. Touhid Hossain, Former Foreign Secretary of Bangladesh Government

 

Title: Prospects and Challenges in Bangladesh’s Relationship with Germany and the European Union on its 50th Anniversary of Independence

10.10-10.30

Panel Discussion

  • H.E. Charles Whiteley, Ambassador, European Union (EU) Delegation to Bangladesh
  • Ambassador Nasim Ferdous, Advisor, Centre for Governance Studies
  • Faiyaz Murshid Kazi, Director General (West Europe and European Union), Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Dhaka
  • Abdul Muktadir, Chair, Bangladesh-German Chamber of Commerce & Industry Committees, and Senior Vice-President, Bangladesh Association of Pharmaceutical Industries
  • Rubaiyat Hossain, Filmmaker, Writer and Interdisciplinary Researcher

 

Moderator:

Zillur Rahman, Executive Director, Centre for Governance Studies

10.30-11.50

Questions & Answers

11.50-12.25

Guests of Honor Speeches

  • Lt. Col. Muhammad Faruk Khan (Retd.) MP, Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs, and Former Minister
  • H.E. Achim Tröster, German Ambassador to Bangladesh

12.25-12.55

Vote of Thanks

Shadhan Kumar Das, Programme Coordinator, Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Bangladesh

12.55-13.00

Lunch

13.00-14.00

 

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