Bangladesh High Commission in London awarded 86 Bangladeshi-British students who achieved highest grades in the UK’s GCSE and A levels examinations in 2018.
Many of these awarded students are now studying in UK’s top colleges and universities including Oxford, Cambridge, London School of Economics and Imperial College, said a press release received here on Tuesday.
Acclaimed highly by the Bangladeshi-British Community, the “Bangladesh High Commission Outstanding Education Achievement Award-2018” was hosted by Bangladesh High Commissioner to the UK, Saida Muna Tasneem on Monday at a high-profile gala event in central London with Bangladesh Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal as the chief guest.
Kamal highlighted Bangladesh’s phenomenal growth rate of over 8 percent attained under the dynamic leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and projections of different international financial institutions and think tanks including the World Economic Forum about Bangladesh’s growth momentum that is expected to push Bangladesh amongst world’s top 30 economies within the next one and half decade.
The Finance Minister praised the contributions of the Bangladeshi Diaspora living in the UK and called upon the young Bangladeshi-British talents who were awarded to strengthen their ties with their roots and be a part of Bangladesh’s prosperity transformation.
High Commissioner for Bangladesh to the UK Saida Muna Tasneem said, “Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s government is championing education at the heart of our sustainable development agenda and promoting girls education and digital skills for young people to accelerate Bangladesh’s growth and development successes”.
Terming the outstanding education awardees as “Young Ambassadors of both Britain and Bangladesh”, the high commissioner encouraged them to build bridges of connectivity in economy, trade, heritage and culture between the two friendly nations of Bangladesh and Great Britain.
