Bangladesh sends officials to Pakistan for training

New Delhi: Bangladesh has deputed 12 senior officials for a mid-career training programme in Pakistan, continuing outreach initiated under the previous interim regime led by Md Yunus.

The programme began Monday and marks the first structured training for senior Bangladeshi bureaucrats in Pakistan since the early 1970s.


The officers, at the rank of additional secretaries and joint secretaries, will undergo training at the Civil Services Academy in Lahore, Dhaka-based sources told ET.

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They have been drawn from the ministries of commerce, public administration and home affairs, as well as the cabinet division.

The selection is significant given these ministries' role in governance, and their engagement with Pakistan could give Islamabad greater access to Dhaka's administrative system.

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Pakistan will bear the full cost of the programme, with no financial contribution from Bangladesh.

Hosted at the Pakistan Administrative Service campus in Lahore, the training is designed to facilitate comparative learning between the two administrative systems. Bangladeshi media reports said it will cover innovation in public administration, policy design, governance reforms and economic management. Engagement between the two countries has increased since Sheikh Hasina was ousted in street protests, alongside a revival in trade and connectivity.