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Bangladesh aiming to boost ties with KSA: Nazmul Islam
JEDDAH: IRFAN MOHAMMED
Published — Saturday 1 February 2014
Last update 1 February 2014 12:26 am
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The Bangladesh consulate in Jeddah is working to establish channels of communication between the trading communities in the port cities of Jeddah and Chittagong. A senior delegation is expected to visit the Kingdom soon to explore business opportunities in both countries said Maryland Namul Islam, consul general of Bangladesh in Jeddah.
Chittagong is a strategic port in Asia and the business hub of Bangladesh while Jeddah is an important port on the Red Sea.
Nazmul Islam said that Chittagong is strategically located sharing borders with Burma, China and India while the landlocked neighbors such as Nepal and Bhutan need the port as an entry point for cargo to be transported to their countries.
Besides these two countries, the emerging economic giant India also wants access to Chittagong to send goods to its seven north-eastern states.
The top priorities which will be explored in the proposed visit by the Bangladesh delegation will be garments, pharmaceuticals and the manpower sectors, Nazmul Islam said.
The Bangladesh consul general visited the Makkah Chamber of Commerce and Industry on Wednesday to meet with officials to discuss the strengthening of business ties between the two countries. Nazmul Islam was received by vice president of MCCI, Mazin Bin Fuad Tunsi and presented him with a memento.
The Makkah Chambers will play an important role in developing business channels between the two countries, Nazmul Islam added.
“Bangladesh is expecting to receive positive news from the Kingdom in terms of manpower recruitment from Bangladesh,” he said.
Nazmul Islam confirmed that the recruitment process is expected to take place soon and that the Bangladesh Embassy in Riyadh has been working closely with Saudi authorities in this regard.
Bangladesh is one of the few countries where the Haj pilgrimage costs did not surge compared to other countries owing to its strong economy.
In the last five years, its GDP has grown at an average rate of 6.3 percent per year, in the midst of one of the worst global downturns in recent times.
It has achieved its 2015 UN Millennium Development Goals two years in advance. In 2013, it had brought down the number of poor to less than 30 percent of its population-a target set for 2015 by the UN.
In most indices of human development, especially gender- related, Bangladesh has surged miles (in some cases, yards) ahead of India and other south Asian nations. Where India is unable to manage its spiraling current account deficit, Bangladesh sits on a comfortable current account surplus of $2.57 billion for the first time in history since independence.
1. The Saudis have traditionally been the biggest supporter of the Jamaat e Islami in Bangladesh.
Hasina's regime have recently announced they may execute the leader of the Jamaat (on grounds of supplying weapons to separatists in India).
Saudi doesn't seem to care.
2. Saudi imposed a ban on recruiting Bangladeshi workers when the Awami League government came in to power and traditionally behaves coldly to Bangladesh when there is an Awami League government.
This all seems to be going out of the window.
3. Saudi is increasing ties with India and the Saudi press have recently been praising India heavily. Who knows, but perhaps the Indians have had a word with the Saudis about their support for Jamaat.
Mosque in Chittagong.
The port city of Chittagong was known as "Islamabad" in the past.
Bangladesh, India and China want to use it as a major port for goods to access markets of over 1 billion + in China and 1 billion + in India.
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JEDDAH: IRFAN MOHAMMED
Published — Saturday 1 February 2014
Last update 1 February 2014 12:26 am
| نسخة PDF Send to Friend Print News | A A
The Bangladesh consulate in Jeddah is working to establish channels of communication between the trading communities in the port cities of Jeddah and Chittagong. A senior delegation is expected to visit the Kingdom soon to explore business opportunities in both countries said Maryland Namul Islam, consul general of Bangladesh in Jeddah.
Chittagong is a strategic port in Asia and the business hub of Bangladesh while Jeddah is an important port on the Red Sea.
Nazmul Islam said that Chittagong is strategically located sharing borders with Burma, China and India while the landlocked neighbors such as Nepal and Bhutan need the port as an entry point for cargo to be transported to their countries.
Besides these two countries, the emerging economic giant India also wants access to Chittagong to send goods to its seven north-eastern states.
The top priorities which will be explored in the proposed visit by the Bangladesh delegation will be garments, pharmaceuticals and the manpower sectors, Nazmul Islam said.
The Bangladesh consul general visited the Makkah Chamber of Commerce and Industry on Wednesday to meet with officials to discuss the strengthening of business ties between the two countries. Nazmul Islam was received by vice president of MCCI, Mazin Bin Fuad Tunsi and presented him with a memento.
The Makkah Chambers will play an important role in developing business channels between the two countries, Nazmul Islam added.
“Bangladesh is expecting to receive positive news from the Kingdom in terms of manpower recruitment from Bangladesh,” he said.
Nazmul Islam confirmed that the recruitment process is expected to take place soon and that the Bangladesh Embassy in Riyadh has been working closely with Saudi authorities in this regard.
Bangladesh is one of the few countries where the Haj pilgrimage costs did not surge compared to other countries owing to its strong economy.
In the last five years, its GDP has grown at an average rate of 6.3 percent per year, in the midst of one of the worst global downturns in recent times.
It has achieved its 2015 UN Millennium Development Goals two years in advance. In 2013, it had brought down the number of poor to less than 30 percent of its population-a target set for 2015 by the UN.
In most indices of human development, especially gender- related, Bangladesh has surged miles (in some cases, yards) ahead of India and other south Asian nations. Where India is unable to manage its spiraling current account deficit, Bangladesh sits on a comfortable current account surplus of $2.57 billion for the first time in history since independence.
1. The Saudis have traditionally been the biggest supporter of the Jamaat e Islami in Bangladesh.
Hasina's regime have recently announced they may execute the leader of the Jamaat (on grounds of supplying weapons to separatists in India).
Saudi doesn't seem to care.
2. Saudi imposed a ban on recruiting Bangladeshi workers when the Awami League government came in to power and traditionally behaves coldly to Bangladesh when there is an Awami League government.
This all seems to be going out of the window.
3. Saudi is increasing ties with India and the Saudi press have recently been praising India heavily. Who knows, but perhaps the Indians have had a word with the Saudis about their support for Jamaat.
Mosque in Chittagong.
The port city of Chittagong was known as "Islamabad" in the past.
Bangladesh, India and China want to use it as a major port for goods to access markets of over 1 billion + in China and 1 billion + in India.
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