The New Nation - Internet Edition

UNB, Dhaka

British High Commissioner Stephen Evans said his country's businessmen are eager to invest in Bangladesh's telecommunications sector, which has a huge potential to grow.

The British envoy disclosed this during a meeting with Special Assistant to Chief Adviser on Post and Telecommunications Ministry Brigadier General (retd) MA Malek at the latter's office Thursday.

Evans hoped that the mutual relations of Britain and Bangladesh would improve day by day during his tenure. He assured continued cooperation of his government in the development activities of friendly Bangladesh.

The Special Assistant said, "The government will welcome any foreign partnership for expanding simple and easy communications technology for grassroots people."

The Special Assistant informed the envoy about different activities of the Telecommunications and Social Welfare Ministries, saying that the government took up various reform measures to take forward country's telecommunications sector.

He told the envoy that the government is ready to extend "all-out cooperation to encourage all investors".