Bangladesh High Commissioner to the Maldives Dr Md Nazmul Islam met with a group of Maldivian students ahead of their travel to Bangladesh for clinical training today. Photo: Collected

DHAKA, Nov 19, 2025 (BSS) - Bangladesh has strengthened its education 
diplomacy with the Maldives by expanding medical internship opportunities and 
reserving fresh MBBS and BDS seats for Maldivian students under the 
government's foreign scholarship programme, the Bangladesh High Commission in 
Male‚ said today.

The mission said it has facilitated the second batch of medical internship 
placements for Maldivian students across several medical colleges in 
Bangladesh.

Bangladesh High Commissioner to the Maldives Dr Md Nazmul Islam formally 
received a group of Maldivian students ahead of their travel to Bangladesh 
for clinical training today.
 
He congratulated them and noted that Bangladesh's medical universities enjoy 
global recognition for academic excellence, modern curricula and world-class 
clinical exposure.

The envoy encouraged the students to experience not only the academic 
environment but also Bangladesh's cultural richness, including its 
hospitality, cuisine, arts, and social vibrancy, which reflect the strong 
people-to-people ties between the two countries.

"This medical internship programme is part of Bangladesh's broader commitment 
to advancing education diplomacy, enhancing mutual understanding, and 
strengthening the soft-power partnership between the two brotherly nations," 
the High Commission said, quoting Dr Islam.

Bangladesh has also released the MBBS/BDS Admission Circular for Foreign 
Students for 2025-26, offering 224 seats for international applicants under 
SAARC and non-SAARC quotas.

In honour of the warm bilateral ties, Bangladesh has allocated six MBBS and 
one BDS seat exclusively for Maldivian applicants, reaffirming Dhaka's 
commitment to supporting human resource development in the Maldives, said the 
release. 

Eligible Maldivian candidates may apply through the Maldives' foreign 
ministry or other authorised authorities between 11 November and 22 December 
2025, the High Commission said. 

Dr Islam expressed confidence that the visiting Maldivian interns would 
return home with improved clinical expertise and a deeper appreciation of 
Bangladesh-Maldives friendship, serving as "bridges of goodwill and 
cooperation.

The mission encouraged Maldivian students to take full advantage of 
Bangladesh's reputable medical education facilities, describing them as a 
testament to Dhaka's commitment to empowering South Asian youth through 
education and fostering lasting inter-regional bonds.