Bangladesh Institute of Maritime Research and Development (BIMRAD) organised its maiden international seminar on 19 November 2018 at Hotel Radisson Blu, Dhaka on the paramount and burning theme “Maritime Good Governance Towards Sustainable Development.” The seminar opened new avenues of opportunities for international networking, expert opinions and exchange of views on sustainable maritime development. Major General Tarique Ahmed Siddique, rcds, psc (retd), Adviser to the Hon’ble Prime Minister, Security Affairs was present as chief guest in the seminar. Five keynote speakers from Bangladesh, India, Malaysia, Sri Lanka and the USA presented their respective papers on that important topic.

Upon the arrival of the chief guest, BIMRAD Director General Commodore KaziEmdadulHaq, (L), BSP, ndu, psc, BN (retd), delivered the welcome address before the audience. He presented a compelling paper on BIMRAD and comprehensively highlighted on the vision of the institute. With high hopes, he stressed that BIMRAD, in collaboration with other institutes, would be the nation’s leading maritime institute which would work for policy recommendations to uphold the maritime interest of the country. The Chief of Naval Staff (CNS) and the Chief Patron of BIMRAD Admiral Nizamuddin Ahmed, NBP, OSP, BCGM, ndc, psc, in his inspiring speech, paid the deepest tribute to the Father of the Nation, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman who being a visionary leader appropriately realised the enormous importance of the sea for the development of a maritime nation like Bangladesh. The CNS also recalled that under the dynamic leadership of Honourable Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh has successfully demarcated her maritime boundaries and obtained maritime territory of 1,18,813 square kilometres which has unfolded new opportunities for optimum usages. He said that in order to maintain good governance of this vast region, littoral nations need to work together, maintaining a good relationship with a wide range of co-operation, collaboration, understanding and partnership for the utilisation of utmost potentiality of the available resources for the greater benefit of humankind.

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