Bangladesh, Australia want cooperation to enable mobility of skilled workforce

Bangladesh and Australia on Monday emphasised enhancing collaboration between Bangladesh's Technical Training Centres (TTCs) and Australia's Technical and Further Education (TAFE) for ensuring mutual recognition of degrees and upgrading technical education standards of Bangladesh to enable the mobility of the skilled workforce.

Australian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Susan Ryle met Foreign Affairs Adviser Md Touhid Hossain at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and discussed various issues of mutual interest including trade, investment, migration and visa facilitation.

"We are working together to strengthen our growing trade and investment ties, support Bangladesh's development goals and work together to shape a safe, prosperous and free Indo-Pacific," said the Australian High Commission in Dhaka.

The adviser reiterated that the international community must demonstrate their will to ensure the repatriation of the forcibly displaced Myanmar nationals, Rohingyas, to Rakhine State through a roadmap and the process should start immediately.

The Australian high commissioner expressed the readiness of her government to work with Bangladesh regarding the Rohingya issue and assured to extend necessary support for the early repatriation of the Rohingyas to their homeland, said the MoFA.

The foreign affairs adviser congratulated the high commissioner for her new role and assured her to provide necessary support during her tenure in Bangladesh.