The Strategic Dialogue is a meeting led by the Foreign Secretary of Bangladesh Md Shahidul Haque and the Permanent Under Secretary of the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office Sir Simon McDonald. The UK delegation will include representatives from various departments such as the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Department of International Development, Department of Trade, UK Home Office/ UK Border Agency, Department of Transport, and Ministry of Defence. On the other hand, the Bangladesh delegation is expected to include representatives from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Commerce, Export Promotion Bureau, Bangladesh Investment Development Authority, Ministry of Defence, Economic Relations Division, Security Services Division, Special Branch of Bangladesh Police, and Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism. The two-day dialogue will cover a wide range of topics including bilateral relations, regional and multilateral issues like Rohingya crisis, terrorism, trade and investment relations, regional connectivity, climate change, migration, UN peacekeeping, Sustainable Development Goals, and development partnership in the LDC gradation process. McDonald is scheduled to speak about the relationship between the UK and Bangladesh during the Brexit era at the Bangladesh Institute of International Strategic Studies. Additionally, he is anticipated to engage with young leaders and diplomats during his visit. The UK secretary will hold a confidential meeting with his counterpart from Bangladesh, and the Bangladesh High Commissioner to the UK, Saida Muna Tasneem, will be present at the discussion.