The 3.6 billion-pound British curry industry, mostly owned and run by Bangladeshi entrepreneurs, has a shortage of some 15,000 skilled chefs and managers, said a successful restaurateur, insisting the Bangladesh government on grabbing the opportunity, reports BSS.
A leader of the British-Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BBCCI) already dispatched a proposal to the British government requesting to pave the way for fulfilling the requirement of manpower shortage from Bangladesh.
“We’ve, of late, submitted a comprehensive proposal with requirement of around 15,000 jobs to the British Prime Minister . easing immigration rules got paramount importance in the proposal,” Enam Ali, MBE, a Bangladeshi living in Britain and director of BBCCI, told BSS here today.
The Australian job search site Seek has forked out $5 million in cash for a 25 per cent stake in fast-growing Bangladeshi jobs site Bdjobs, as it continues its growth strategy in Asia.
The acquisition was made using Seek's cash reserves, facilitated via a proportional sell-down by early stage investors.
It grants the Australian company representation on Bdjobs' board as well as typical protections relevant to a minority shareholding.
The managing director of Seek's international division,...
The inward flow of remittance is going down as the country is failing to send more workers abroad to traditional labour markets and explore new markets. The country’s remittance inflow dropped by nearly 3.0 per cent to $13.83 billion in 2013 from $14.17 billion in 2012.
In fact, the latest drop in remittance occurred in line with predictions by the economists. They say if Bangladesh cannot send new workers abroad, there will not be significant growth in remittances. The migrant workers are now sending money home as per their maximum capacities and have little capacity to increase the flow.
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