Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Thursday urged Türkiye to bring their technologies to Bangladesh, invest more, relocate factories and use Bangladesh youth forces.
“You are the leader of the technology; you can build your defence industry here. Lets make a beginning…we are available for anything that you need,” he said when a delegation led by Türkiye Trade Minister Prof Dr Ömer Bolat called on him at the state guest house Jamuna.
Mentioning Bangladesh as the 8th most populous country in the world, Dr Yunus said that the interim government was working to create work opportunities for the country youths and sought Turkey help in this regard.
Adviser Mahfuj Alam on Thursday said that the declaration of the July Revolution might not be made on January 15 as previously planned, as additional time is needed to achieve broader consensus.
“We want to make it an inclusive and unified document,” he told a press briefing at the Foreign Service Academy after a meeting of the Council of Advisers, held at the Chief Adviser Office with CA Dr Muhammad Yunus in the chair.
Mahfuj, however, said the declaration would not face significant delays and would be made once wider agreement is reached. “There was a demand from students to announce it on January 15. Since the government wants to talk to all (stakeholders), it (timeframe) may be extended for some time. But it will not be too late,” he said.
Ambassador of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to Bangladesh Issa bin Yousef Al-Duhailan on Thursday said his country has all the necessary capabilities to support any crude oil-based project on commercial terms of supply.
He also emphasised that Saudi Aramco investment plans do not include investing in the refinery construction project in Bangladesh.
A significant restructuring is on the horizon for Nobel Prize-winning microfinance institution Grameen Bank, with plans to reduce the governments ownership stake and reshape its board management structure.
According to a draft ordinance recently published on the Financial Institutions Division website under the Ministry of Finance, the government stake in Grameen Bank is set to decrease from 25 percent to 5 percent. The ordinance also proposes amendments to the Grameen Bank Act of 2013.