President for recruiting more Bangladeshi manpower in Kuwait

President Md Abdul Hamid on Tuesday urged the government of Kuwait to recruit more professionals as well as more skilled and semi-skilled manpower from Bangladesh in different sectors.

The head of the state made the call as the new resident ambassador of the State of Kuwait Faisal Mutlaq Aladwani presented his credentials to him at Bangabhaban in Dhaka.

Thanking the government of Kuwait for financing different development projects in Bangladesh, the president also requested enhanced participation of Kuwait in different development projects in the days to come.

He stressed the joint initiatives at government and private levels to increase trade and investment between Bangladesh and Kuwait, President's Press Secretary Md Joynal Abedin told BSS later.

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Bangladesh produces world-class products, particularly ready-made garments, ceramics, pharmaceuticals, leather products, jute and jute products, frozen fish, electronics, furniture plastic ware and construction materials, the president mentioned.

Receiving the credentials, the president appreciated ties with the two countries and said Bangladesh attaches utmost importance to its relations with Kuwait.

Noting the existing excellent bilateral ties between the two countries, he hoped that these relations would further strengthen in the days to come.

Meanwhile, the president later received the credentials of new ambassador Ghanshyam Bhandari of the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal through a separate ceremony after he was ceremonially welcomed here.