, Dec. 11 -- Bangladesh and Australia have identified new avenues for cooperation in areas such as renewable energy, skills partnership and technology sharing, blue economy, artificial intelligence, cyber security and anti-money laundering initiatives.

The issues were discussed at the 6th round of Senior Officials' Talks (SOT) between Bangladesh and Australia held in Dhaka on Wednesday.

Dr Md Nazrul Islam, Secretary (Bilateral-East and West), Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Sarah Storey, First Assistant Secretary, South and Central Asia Division, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), Government of Australia led the respective delegations.

With the commitment to strengthen the ever growing bilateral relations between the two f...