Politics & Foreign Policy
Bangladesh and Germany
Diplomatic relations between the People's Republic of Bangladesh and the Federal Republic of Germany were established in 1972. Our two countries can look at a longstanding and fruitful cooperation especially in the fields of development cooperation, trade and culture. If you are looking for more detailed information on the priority areas of our bilateral development cooperation, trade figures or cultural projects you will find them here.
Bilateral Relations
Prothom Alo’s special correspondent Raheed Ejaz will visit Germany from 5 to 12 June 2012. Last week, he received his official invitation letter from German Ambassador Holger Michael.
Raheed Ejaz will attend a programme aiming at giving a first hand impression of the realisation of freedom of assembly and citizen participation in Germany.
Prothom Alo Journalist Raheed Ejaz will visit Germany
In November and December of this year, the United Nations Climate Change Conference takes place in Durban. German Ambassador Holger Michael wrote a comment on the negotiations.
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German President Christian Wulff met with representatives of the civil society of Bangladesh. The exchange of views focused on the impact of NGOs on development, on advocacy for good governance and human rights as well as on the role of the media in a pluralistic society.
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On the first day of his visit to Bangladesh, German President Christian Wulff met with distinguished representatives of Bangladesh's different religious communities.
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The President of the Federal Republic of Germany, Christian Wulff, will visit Bangladesh from 28 November to 30 November 2011. He will be accompanied by Members of the German Parliament, State Secreta...
President of the Federal Republic visits Bangladesh
On the occasion of her state visit to Germany, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina met the German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin yesterday. They decided to further strengthen economic ties bet...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina visited Germany
The peaceful revolution and the fall of the Wall in autumn 1989 cleared the way for German reunification on 3 October 1990. This day marks the end of the division of Germany after four decades of sepa...
Celebrating Day of German Unity, 2011
Foreign Minister Westerwelle opened the 2011 Ambassadors Conference in Berlin on Monday, 29 August. 'Germany in the United Nations' is the focus of this year’s conference which runs until 1 September...
2011 Ambassadors Conference
On October 12, at the 65th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, Germany was elected as a non-permanent member of the international organization’s Security Council for the years 2011/2012. The Security Council is regarded as the most important committee in the United Nations and as the key body for a peaceful world order.
Germany wins UN Security Council seat
A study group of the National Defence College (NDC) visited Germany from 5 to 15 October 2010.
The participants were briefed by members of the German Federal Foreign Office on topics ranging from Ger...
NDC Study Trip to Germany
Lecture by the German Ambassador Holger Michael at the National Defence College in Dhaka
On 22 September the German Ambassador Holger Michael gave a lecture on German foreign policy with special emphasis on German security policy and its contribution to EU, NATO and UN at the National Defence College in Dhaka.Ambassador Michael highlighted that the principle of Germany's foreign and security policy is to contribute to the establishment and maintenance of a viable and peaceful international order build up on the ideals humanity and democracy.
He emphasized that for Germany the firm integration into European and Transatlantic structures were decisive in order to build confidence amongst her neighbours and thus also to facilitate the reunification of Germany. He further gave an account of the relationship between Bangladesh and Germany and commented on the intensive cooperation in the fields of trade, development and culture.
The lecture was part of a course designed for senior military officers of the rank of Brigadier and equivalent members of the civil service. The course is aiming at preparing the participants for leading positions in the areas of defence and national security. The participants originate from different countries in Africa and Asia.
