Australia–Bangladesh relations

Australia was the fourth country, and the first in the developed world, to recognise Bangladesh's independence in 1971.{{cite web |url=http://www.dfat.gov.au/geo/bangladesh/bangladesh_country_brief.html |title=Bangladesh country brief |website=Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Australia) |access-date=2013-03-20}} A high commission was opened in Dhaka and relations have been warm since then.

Australian Oil and Gas company Santos is a major investor in Bangladesh's natural resources sector.{{cite news |last1=Verrender |first1=Ian |last2=Frazer |first2=Simon |title=Santos books $1.6 billion hit after asset writedown |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-02-12/santos-books-asset-write-down-of-one-and-a-half-billion-dollars/6087934 |work=ABC News |location=Sydney |access-date=5 July 2015}} In 2014 trade between the two countries crossed AUD 1 billion mark, of which 450 million came from Bangladesh's exports to Australia. Australia enjoying a surplus of AUD 160 million dollar on trade.{{cite news |title=Australia-Bangladesh trade grows |url=http://bdnews24.com/business/2014/07/17/australia-bangladesh-trade-grows |newspaper=bdnews24.com |access-date=5 July 2015}}

High Commissioner of Bangladesh in Australia is Kazi Imtiaz Hossain as of 2015.{{cite web|url=http://www.bhcanberra.com/about-high-commission/high-commissioner/welcome-message|title=Welcome message|access-date=17 December 2015}} Previous high commissioner was Lieutenant General (retired) Masud Uddin Chowdhury.{{cite web |last1=Karim |first1=Rezaul |title=3 new diplomatic missions soon |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/3-new-diplomatic-missions-soon-19645 |newspaper=The Daily Star |date=11 April 2014 |access-date=5 July 2015}} VFS Global collects applications for Australian Visa in Bangladesh.{{cite web|title=Apply for VISA to Australia In Bangladesh |url=http://www.vfsglobal.com/Australia/Bangladesh/ |website=vfsglobal.com |access-date=6 July 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150706044803/http://www.vfsglobal.com/Australia/Bangladesh/ |archive-date=6 July 2015 }} In 2016, Julia Niblett was appointed Australian High Commissioner in Bangladesh, preceded by Greg Wilcox.{{cite web |title=Message from the Australian High Commissioner to Bangladesh |url=http://bangladesh.embassy.gov.au/daca/home.html |website=Australian High Commission, Bangladesh |access-date=1 April 2018}}

The two countries participate in joint military exercises.{{cite news|last=Hamal |first=Chadani |title=Nepal, US armies to hold joint military exercise |url=http://www.myrepublica.com/portal/index.php?action=news_details&news_id=82622 |newspaper=Nepal Republic Media |access-date=5 July 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304054426/http://www.myrepublica.com/portal/index.php?action=news_details&news_id=82622 |archive-date=4 March 2016 }}{{cite news |title=16 nations to participate in India Navy's MILAN 2014 |url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2014-01-24/news/46562665_1_milan-india-navy-indian-ocean-region |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140311064346/http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2014-01-24/news/46562665_1_milan-india-navy-indian-ocean-region |url-status=dead |archive-date=11 March 2014 |website=The Economic Times |access-date=5 July 2015}}

The two countries are cricket Test playing nations and regularly compete against each other in tournaments, series and cricket world cup.{{cite web |title=Watson leads Australia to victory over Bangladesh |url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/sport/cricket/watson-leads-australia-to-victory-over-bangladesh/2009/06/02/1243708433568.html |newspaper=Sydney Morning Herald |date=2 June 2009 |access-date=6 July 2015}}{{cite news |last1=Lemon |first1=Geoff |title=Australia v Bangladesh: World Twenty20 – as it happened |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2014/apr/01/australia-bangladesh-world-twenty20-live |newspaper=The Guardian |date=April 2014 |access-date=6 July 2015}}

Australia and Bangladesh are one of the few countries that provide the option of third gender on their passports.{{cite news |title=Germany allows third gender option on birth certificates |url=http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2013/11/1/germany-allows-thirdgenderoptionatbirth.html |work=Al Jazeera America |access-date=5 July 2015}} Australia Bangladesh Solidarity Network is a human rights organisation working for the garment workers in Bangladesh.{{cite news |last=Small |first=Jerome |title=Murder not tragedy |url=https://redflag.org.au/node/4522 |newspaper=Red Flag |publisher=Socialist Alternative |access-date=5 July 2015}}

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• Foreign relations of Australia
• Foreign relations of Bangladesh
• Bangladeshi Australians

{{Reflist|30em}}

• [http://dfat.gov.au/geo/bangladesh/pages/bangladesh-country-brief.aspx/ Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade Australia]
• [http://bangladesh.embassy.gov.au/daca/relations.html/ Australian High Commission in Bangladesh]
• [http://www.bhcanberra.com/trade-investments/bangladesh-australia-trade-relations/ Bangladesh Embassy in Australia] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180221210017/http://www.bhcanberra.com/trade-investments/bangladesh-australia-trade-relations |date=21 February 2018 }}

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