Kuwait to recruit more Bangladeshi manpower

Envoy tells president

8 July 2010, 18:00 PM

Unb, Dhaka

Kuwait will recruit more Bangladeshi manpower including army officers, engineers and doctors to help develop its infrastructures. Outgoing Kuwaiti Ambassador Abdullah Ali Al-Mawash said this when he paid a farewell call on President Zillur Rahman at Bangabhaban yesterday. “Some 2.5 lakh Bangladeshi workers and more than 4000 personnel of the armed forces are presently working in Kuwait and the number of skilled and unskilled manpower will be increased soon,” he said. During the meeting Kuwaiti Envoy told the president that the financial assistance from Kuwait would come soon to establish a 250MW power station at Shikalbaha in Chittagong. “Presently an expert team is working in Bangladesh in this regard,” he said. Welcoming the outgoing envoy, the president said there is huge scope to increase trade volume between the two countries. “I hope Kuwait authorities will take necessary measures to increase export from Bangladesh.” Mentioning that Bangladesh and Kuwait have long ties with shared history, religion, culture and tradition, Zillur expressed satisfaction over the commonality of views of the two countries. “Both in bilateral and multilateral context have given further impetus to the strong relationship.” He hoped that the existing bilateral relations between the two countries would be further expanded and consolidated in both depth and dimension in the coming days. He thanked the outgoing envoy for his constructive role during his stay in Dhaka to further strengthen the bilateral relations between the two countries.