Staff Reporter:
Scotland yesterday expressed desire to take construction workers from Bangladesh. A six member Cross-Party Parliamentary Group (CPG) of Scotland led by Scotland Parliament member Foysol Choudhury called on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at the Ganabhaban on Sunday.
First ever Bangladeshi origin MP of the Scotland Parliament led the delegation at the meeting with the premier, PM’s Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim said in a media briefing.
The other members of the delegation were Miles Briggs, Evelyn Tweed, Juned Hussain Chow-dhury, Farhan Masud Khan and Md Lutfur Rahman.
The Scottish parliamentarians however said language inefficiency is the barrier in taking construc-tion workers from Bangladesh.
The Bangladesh prime minister said her government has taken various measures through different institutions to teach language and provide vocational and computer trainings to enhance efficiency of the workers.
Foysol Choudhury said Scotland is also keen to invest in the agricultural sector of Bangladesh.
The delegation highly appreciated the unprecedented development of Bangladesh under the dy-namic leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the last 15 years.
The delegation members mentioned that Bangladeshi diaspora is involved in mainstream politics of Scotland and currently, there are some 200 Bangladeshis who were elected as councillors.
Ambassador at Large M Ziauddin and PM’s Principal Secretary M. Tofazzel Hossain Miah were present.
