Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
bilateral · United Kingdom
· verified (record reviewed 2026-09-14)
Profile
- Type
- bilateral
- Home
- United Kingdom
- BD office head
- Sarah Cooke
- In Bangladesh since
- n/a
- Modality
- grant
- Cumulative commitment
- n/a
- Active portfolio
- n/a
Supporting Bangladesh's smooth LDC graduation, climate adaptation infrastructure, and fiscal governance reforms.
Recent activity
- 2026-06-22 agreement Economic Relations Division (ERD) and Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office signed development financing agreement. ↗
- 2026-07-28 review Joint portfolio review meeting evaluated physical and financial progress across active aided projects. ↗
- 2026-08-19 disbursement Disbursed loan tranche for infrastructure modernization and climate resilience programs. ↗
Provenance & notes
Sarah Cooke is the British High Commissioner to Bangladesh; FCDO development work is delivered from the British High Commission Dhaka. Specific multi-year programme envelopes published on DevTracker (e.g. up to GBP 200m Rohingya/disaster 2021-2025, GBP 120m climate 2022-2027, GBP 84m health 2018-2025) are programme ceilings rather than a single verifiable annual disbursement, so financial fields left null. Bd_office_head reflects the High Commissioner, not a separate aid-mission director.