Bangabandhu scholarship to be introduced for 10 cadets from SIDS, African LDCs

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Bangladesh has offered cadet training scholarship after Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in the country’s five government marine academies for foreigners through International Maritime Organization (IMO).

The scholarship has been offered for 10 cadets from Small Island Developing States (SIDS) and African Least Developed Countries (LDCs).

This proposal was made when IMO Secretary-General Arsenio Antonio Dominguez Velasc paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at the latter’s official residence Gonobhaban on Thursday (30 May).

In response, the UN marine agency IMO gladly accepted this offer, said PM’s Speechwriter Md Nazrul Islam while briefing reporters after the meeting.