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PM urges Japan to recruit more Bangladeshis

UNB, Dhaka
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina urged Japan to recruit more manpower from Bangladesh and extend greater cooperation in expediting national development, as a Japanese business expert found endless prospects for the country's uplift.
She made the call during discussion when Chairman of the Japan-Bangladesh Joint Committee for Commercial and Economic Cooperation Toshihito Tamba paid a courtesy call on her at her office yesterday.
During the meeting, the joint committee chief handed over a list of requests to the Prime Minister to promote overseas investment in Bangladesh. The list includes prolongation of the expiry’ date of stay
for investors and their family members, preferably by over two years, reduction in tax on SIM card of mobile telephone, giving lax privileges to investors in ICT infrastructure, compliance with international financial rules and regulations such as Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits by the commercial banks in Bangladesh.
The Japan-Bangla chairman lauded Bangladeshi expatriates in Japan as hardworking and disciplined. In reply, Hasina requested Japan to import more human resources from Bangladesh and called for more Japanese investment in various development sectors of the country. She pointed out that low-cost production base and attractive incentives offered by the government made Bangladesh an
ideal destination for foreign investment. "Japanese entrepreneurs can take comparative advantage of an attractive package of incentives for FDl in energy and power sectors, industries and other infrastructure-development sectors," the Prime Minister said.
Hasina viewed that Bangladesh could follow Japan as its model country, as it has turned itself into a developed nation from its agro-based economy. Hasina told Tamba that Bangladesh attaches due importance to its relations with Japan as it has been one of the major development partners of Bangladesh since its independence in 1971 under the leadership of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
They hoped that the friendly
bilateral relations between Bangladesh and Japan would be strengthened further in the days to come.
Tamba reiterated Japanese government's invitation to Sheikh Hasina to visit Japan. The Prime Minister said she already has accepted the invitation and is willing to make the visit at a "suitable" time.
"Bangladesh is a country of endless prospects," the Japanese business magnet said and expressed the hope that the potential will be best utilised by the present government of the country. Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister MA Karim, Prime Minister's Press Secretary Abul Kalam Azad, Japanese Ambassador in Bangladesh Tamotsu Shinotsuka and Ambassador M Ziauddin were present.