Bangladesh is set to strengthen its digital sovereignty following a high-level meeting held on December 29, 2025 between Chief Advisor Professor Muhammad Yunus and a delegation from Cipher Core Co., Ltd., led by Professor Takatoshi Nakamura—an award-winning information security scientist, MIT-based researcher, and inventor of Complete Cipher Technology, widely regarded as a next-generation, quantum-proof security innovation.
Discussions focused on quantum-proof national information security, safeguarding government communications and digital platforms, and advancing community-level digital cash systems. Motoyuki Odachi, COO of Cipher Core, proposed the establishment of a Bangladesh–Japan Development Forum to accelerate capacity building, technology transfer, and skilled workforce mobility.
Professor Yunus, along with Md. Daud Ali and Professor Ashir Ahmed, emphasized deepened collaboration across technology, research, and trade, including expanded opportunities for Bangladesh’s leather exports to Japan.
The meeting positions Bangladesh to emerge as a regional leader in secure digital innovation, leveraging world-class Japanese technology to drive inclusive and sustainable growth.
Also present at the meeting were Apple Mahmud, Strategic Diplomate & Chairman of Cipher Core Ltd., and Engineer Mahi Islam, Managing Director. This delegation has already held follow-up discussions with the Governor of Bangladesh Bank on digital financing and financial information security.
