Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday urged the Chinese entrepreneurs to relocate their factories to Bangladesh to avail themselves of competitive and affordable wages of Bangladesh’s young and energetic workforce. “Since the costs of production of certain products in China are increasing, the factories producing those items can be relocated to Bangladesh where the costs are a lot cheaper, particularly due to the very competitive and affordable wages of Bangladesh’s young and energetic workforce,” she said. Hasin...

Dhaka has denied the allegation that anti-Myanmar groups operating from its soil but expressed keenness to look into the matter if Myanmar provides an evidence or specific information, officials said Sunday. They said Dhaka is still keen to push forward the "growing relations" and work closely with the next-door neighbor despite a soldier was killed in a firing on Bangladeshi paramilitary personnel Wednesday, reports Xinhua. "There is no evidence of any anti-Myanmar group operating activities from Bangladesh," the country's Foreign Secretary Md Shahidul Haque told journalists Sunday.