Diplomatic relations between the Republic of Kazakhstan and the People's Republic of Bangladesh were established on March 5, 1992.
Since April 2021, the Ambassador of the Republic of Kazakhstan to Bangladesh has been concurrently the Ambassador of Kazakhstan to India Nurlan Zhalgasbaev (presented his credentials on March 23, 2022 in Dhaka).
In October 2020, Ambassador of Bangladesh to Russia Kamrul Ahsan was appointed as the Ambassador to the Republic of Kazakhstan concurrently (presented his credentials on April 19, 2022 in Nur-Sultan).
Political cooperation
Contacts at the highest level
On September 9-12, 2017, the President of Bangladesh Abdul Hamid visited Kazakhstan to participate in the First Summit of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation on Science and Technology in Nur-Sultan and the official closing ceremony of the Astana EXPO-2017 International Specialized Exhibition.
Contacts at a high level
On October 17, 2008 Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bangladesh I.Chowdhury. attended the Conference of Foreign Ministers of Muslim and Western countries "Common World: Progress through Diversity".
On June 28-30, 2011 Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bangladesh Dipu Moni took part in the 38th session of the OIC Council of Foreign Ministers in Kazakhstan.
On September 29 - October 1, 2011 in Astana Advisor to the Prime Minister of Bangladesh on Health Affairs Said Mudassir Ali (with the rank of minister) participated at the 3d Islamic Conference of OIC Ministers of Health.
On September 12, 2012 in Astana Minister of Foreign Affairs of the PRB D.Moni participated at the 4th Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the CICA. Within the framework of the Ministerial Council she met with the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan E.Kazykhanov.
On May 2-5, 2014 the 47th Annual meeting of the Board of Governors of the Asian Development Bank was held in Astana, which was attended by the Minister of Finance of Bangladesh A.Mukhit.
On May 21-23, 2014 the State Minister of Finance of Bangladesh M.Mannan, the Chairman of the Board of the State Bank A.Rahman, as well as Bangladesh Nobel Peace Prize Laureate (2006) M.Yunus participated at the VIІ AEF and II WAC in Astana.
Minister of Food of Bangladesh M.Kamrul Islam participated at the inaugural session of the General Assembly of the Islamic Organization for Food Security (IOFS) and the 7th OIC Conference of Ministers of Agriculture (Astana, April 26-28, 2016). The Bangladesh side signed the IOFS Charter and joined the Organization.
On May 4-5, 2018 the official delegation of Kazakhstan headed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs K.Abdrakhmanov participated at the work of the 45th session of the OIC Council of Foreign Ministers in Dhaka.
On September 24, 2020 the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the PRB A.Momen took part in the CICA Ministerial Council in the online format.
On November 18-19, 2020 Ambassador of the Republic of Kazakhstan to Bangladesh (concurrently) E.Alimbaev visited Dhaka to present Credentials to the President of the PRB A.Hamid.
On February 25, 2021 the first meeting of the Kazakh-Bangladesh joint working group on trade and economic cooperation took place via videoconference.
On October 11-12, 2021 the delegation of Bangladesh headed by the Ambassador-at-Large of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the PRB Shabir Ahmad Chowdhury participated at the 6th CICA Ministerial Council held in Nur-Sultan.
On March 22-23, 2022 Ambassador of the Republic of Kazakhstan to Bangladesh (concurrently) N.Zhalgasbaev visited Dhaka to present Credentials to the President of the PRB A.Hamid.
On October 12-13, 2022 the delegation of Bangladesh headed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the PRB A.Momen participated at the 6th CICA Summit held in Astana.
In order to further expand and strengthen bilateral relations Ahmed Shayan Fazlur Rahman was appointed as the Honorary Consul of the Republic of Kazakhstan in Bangladesh since 2014.
Trade and economic cooperation
Foreign trade turnover with Bangladesh in 2021 reached $31.21 million (+0.67%), entirely due to imports from the PRB.
In 2022, the total trade turnover reached $51.612 million (+39.5%), imports from the PRB - $46.046 (+36.36%), exports - $2.56 million (+100%).
The main Bangladeshi imports to the Republic of Kazakhstan are clothing, seafood, medicines, travel equipment, raw tobacco.
The main goods of Kazakhstani export to Bangladesh are ferrous metals, asbestos, plastic products.