The cabinet in principle gave an approval to the draft of "The Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI) Law, 2016" revising the existing law to make it compatible with international practices.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged Japanese companies to invest in Bangladesh and said her government would open up 'new frontiers of production' for them.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has held the BNP and its allies responsible for the recent target killings in Bangladesh. The killings, according to her, were aimed at destabilising the country and foiling the war crimes trials.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday inaugurated Bangladesh’s own embassy complex in Tokyo hoping that the existing relations with Japan will be strengthened further.
Bangladesh proposed developing a common platform for flow of remittance in the SAARC region and said Sri Lanka may share its initiative to constitute a financial centre to this end.