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Bangladesh looking to sign Free Trade Agreement with Turkey
A MoU for Free Trade Agreement (FTA) was signed with Turkey on Wednesday at the Turkey-Bangladesh Business Forum – 2017, Dhaka Tribune reported.
FBCCI’s First Vice President Sheikh Fazle Fahim and Turkish Exporters’ Assembly member of sector council Basaran Bayrak signed the agreement, the report added.
Project supporting maternity rights for workers launched
Unicef and the Bangladesh government on Tuesday launched a new project to support maternity rights and promote breastfeeding in the workplace, Dhaka Tribune reported.
The national initiative called Mothers@Work aims to help women working in the industrial sector, especially the ready-made garments (RMG) sector, the report added.
“Most of the working women in the ready-made garments sector are of reproductive age and many of them are mothers who are responsible for nurturing the next generation,” the report quoted the Unicef Bangladesh Representative, Edouard Beigbeder as saying.
Export: Bangladesh yet to fully tap Asian markets
Bangladeshi exports to Asian countries are still low due to absence of proper preferential trade agreements and quality products, even though there are huge trade opportunities in the region, Dhaka Tribune reported.
Exporters and trade analysts say that removing non-tariff barriers, signing trade-friendly bilateral agreements and proper usage of preferential trade deals can boost Bangladesh’s exports to the region, the report added.
