Hasan urges UAE to increase investment in Bangladesh

Foreign Minister Dr. Hasan Mahmud urged the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to increase its investment at the special economic zones in Bangladesh.

 "We have also discussed on allocating 300 acres of land in Matarbari for the UAE enterprises to invest," he told reporters after a meeting with the UAE ambassador to Bangladesh Abdulla Ali Abdulla Khaseif AlHmoudi at the foreign ministry on Tuesday.
 
 During the meeting, they also discussed issues of mutual interest and bilateral matters. The minister said they also discussed on welfare of the Bangladeshi expatriate workers residing in the UAE.
 Hasan urged the UAE government to ease the process of transferring "Akama (work permit) from one employer to another for the Bangladeshi nationals.        —BSS