UNB :
Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen has urged the expatriate Bangladeshi business community in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to invest in Bangladesh and help the country to grow further.
“Bangladesh has now become a land of opportunity from the cliche of a so-called bottomless basket,” said Dr Momen while addressing a business meeting hosted by Bangladesh Business Council (BBC) at a local hotel in Dubai as the chief guest.
He recalled the tireless contribution of the expatriate workers in the collective achievement of Bangladesh while terming them as heroes.
The foreign minister called upon the CIPs and businessmen to take advantage of the business-friendly environment prevailing in Bangladesh and urged them to share the country’s achievements with the global community.
The meeting, held on Friday, was chaired by Mahtabur Rahman, president of Bangladesh Business Council, Dubai.
The programme included a thematic seminar on “Role of NRBs” in the implementation of economic and public diplomacy and a reception.
Dr Momen handed over the crests to the new recipients of 26 CIPs awarded last year.
Bangladesh Ambassador to the UAE Md Abu Jafor and Consul General of Bangladesh Consulate in Dubai were present in the meeting as special guests.
The Foreign Minister paid tribute to Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Father of the Nation, for his unique contribution to the national history: an independent national identity- a state and ‘a dream of transformation of the newly born state’s socioeconomic conditions’. He highlighted the country’s remarkable transformation from the identity of a food deficit country to a food-surplus one under the dynamic leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
Reduction of absolute poverty through the social safety net program and ensuring home for the homeless–the Ashrayan project are other additions to the many success stories of Bangladesh, he added.
