The New Nation - Internet Edition

BSS, Dhaka

Australia has offered scholarships to 74 talented Bangladeshi students to its world-class universities.

Australian High Commissioner Douglas Foskett said on Sunday at a pre-departure ceremony held in the city.

Foskett said the Australian scholarship has focused on developing Bangladesh's capacity in the key areas of education, public health, water management, gender, public policy and diplomacy.

On their return from Australia, the scholarship awardees will be able to contribute significantly to their own workplaces and the country as a whole," he said.

The scholarship has been offered to another 15 Bangladeshis under Australia's global Australian scholarship programme "the Australian Leadership Awards (ALA)" targeting current and future leaders and key personnel in corporate, academic, non-government and government services, he said.

The high commissioner said, "It should be noted that like last year, Bangladesh did extremely well in the ALA selection process. Bangladesh received the second highest number of scholarships globally and the highest number regionally."