Courtesy Call by the High Commissioner of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh to Sri Lanka

On 2 November 2026, H. E. Mr DM Salahuddin Mahmud, High Commissioner of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh to Sri Lanka, paid a courtesy call on Professor Indika Mahesh Karunathilake, Vice Chancellor of the University. He was joined by Mr Md. Jannatul Habib, Counsellor of the High Commission of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh in Colombo.

They held a comprehensive discussion with Professor Karunathilake and Dr Iroja Caldera, Director of the International Office. The High Commissioner expressed his appreciation for the University’s support for activities conducted through the High Commission.
The discussion focused on avenues for collaboration in disaster management, climate change resilience and health tourism, with an emphasis on developing homegrown solutions to the challenges both countries face. Interest was expressed in establishing MoUs with Bangladeshi universities. The discussion also touched on the long history of ties between the two countries and the mutual benefit of strengthening them.