Turkey will assist Bangladesh in infrastructural development in addition to boosting bilateral trade and investment, Turkish president Abdullah Gul separately told prime minister Sheikh Hasina and leader of the opposition Khaleda Zia on Saturday.
Visiting Turkey President Abdullah Gul on Friday said the volume of trade between Bangladesh and Turkey could be raised to $1 billion from existing $6 million. Referring to the excellent bilateral relations between the countries, the volume could reach $ 1 billion.
President Zillur Rahman leaves for Turkey on Friday on a six-day tour to attend COMCEC economic summit under the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC).
Finance minister AMA Muhit late on Monday left for Cyprus and Turkey to join a conference of finance ministers from Commonwealth countries, and annual general meetings of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund. Finance ministers and central bank governors would join the gatherings to find out an easier way to pull them out of current economic crisis. Muhith is leading a six-member delegation.
A Turkish man with a height of eight feet and one inch has become the world's tallest person taking the title from a Chinese man who is 7-foot-9 tall.
Bangladeshi knitwear manufacturers must improve labour conditions and ensure safety in factories if they are to beat China and Turkey to emerge as the top apparel exporters in the world, a business leader said Saturday.
A four-year-old girl born in Turkey and raised by a couple in Bangladesh will be sent back to her birthplace because Interpol says she was kidnapped, police said on Tuesday.
