Hasina wrote to Trump to extradite Mujibur's killers: Momen
By SUMI KHAN
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has written a letter to US President Donald Trump extradite the killers of the country's founding father, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Foreign Affairs Minister AK Abdul Momen said on Saturday.
Momen confirmed this IANS while returning to Dhaka after offering prayers at the tomb of the 'Bangabandhu' at Tungipara in Gopalganj. "We hope that one more murderer of Bangabandhu will be brought back to the country and tried in 'Mujibborsho' (the year of Mujib)," the Minister added.
Meanwhile, Momen also said that four Bangladeshis were killed in the two explosions in the Beirut port earlier this week. He said discussions were underway to bring the bodies back to Bangladesh, but currently there were no direct flights from Beirut to Dhaka.
On the directives of the Prime Minister, the Bangladesh Foreign Ministry has made arrangements to send a flight with dry food including rice, biscuits, and noodles, to the Lebanese capital.
On a separate note, a Chinese entreprenur termed Bangladesh as the most suitable place for investment. Bangladesh is the most suitable place for investment for global enterprises as it has a large population and huge market potential, said Xu Xiaochu, Chairman of Chinas Yabang Investment Holding Group Company Limited.
The firm is one of the top 500 Chinese companies, has already inked a land lease agreement with Bangladesh Economic Zones Authority (BEZA) for 100 acres land to set up textile and other chemical industries in Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Shilpa Nagar (BSMSN) at Mirsarai, Sitakundu and Sonagazi upazillas under Chattogram and Feni districts.
"It is the most suitable place for investment for global enterprises, especially for traditional industries. Now it is offering a historic opportunity for transferring the traditional industries from the world factory, (China)," Xu said at a recent function.
He said the investment by Yabang Corporation in Bangladesh is a necessary choice as per the laws of global economic development.
Ten years ago, the top executives of Yabang Group visited different countries and regions, including Southeast Asia, South Asia, Africa and North Korea, to choose investment and development bases for the second entrepreneurship of the enterprise.
Five years ago, the company set its goal in Bangladesh and permanent staffs were sent to set up an office, said Xu. He said Bangladesh has a large population and huge market potential which is politically democratic and has good-neighbourly friendship.
"Its economy is developing rapidly. People aspire to live and work in peace and contentment. The country enjoys various economic policies' support from the UN and countries with developed economies. The government and its people are united in their efforts and wish for development. "However, the supporting production capacities of weaving, printing and dyeing are seriously insufficient.
"In particular, there is almost no dye production. The investment by Jiangsu Yabang Dyestuff Corporation Limited, a concern of the Yabang Investment Holdings Group Co Limited, in Bangladesh, has a great competitive advantage and advantage for development, both in providing the support for domestic needs in Bangladesh, promoting better and greater development of Bangladesh's garment industry and in creating foreign exchange via export and increasing people's employment," Xu added.