, Oct. 9 -- More than 150 Bangladeshi alumni of Japan-funded scholarship programmes convened in Dhaka on Thursday for the first-ever joint alumni gathering, celebrating decades of educational collaboration between Japan and Bangladesh.

The event - hosted by the Asian Development Bank-Japan Scholarship Programme (ADB-JSP) and the ADB Bangladesh Resident Mission - was organised in close cooperation with Japan's Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and the World Bank.

The milestone gathering brought together key stakeholders and alumni to reflect on the transformative impact of education, foster stronger international par...