Sri Lanka, Jan. 15 -- President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has a strong passion for his goals to serve the Sri Lankans and to strengthen friendly relations with brotherly countries, the new High Commissioner for Bangladesh to Sri Lanka Tareq Md Ariful Islam said on Wednesday.

The Envoy, who presented his credentials to the President on Monday was speaking to the Daily News on Wednesday about the Bangladesh-Sri Lanka bilateral relations.

The High Commissioner said that President Rajapaksa is dedicated to implementing his goals for the betterment of the people. "He told me that he wants to develop the country's agriculture sector to emancipate the masses from the present COVID-19 crisis," High Commissioner Ariful Islam said.

Islam said that such...