HC of Bangladesh to Seychelles accredited |30 August 2017

Cooperation in tourism, industry and manpower were the topics of discussion yesterday between President Danny Faure and the newly accredited high commissioner of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh to Seychelles, Abdul Mannan Howlader.

Mr Howlader presented his documents to President Faure yesterday morning at State House, succeeding Shabbir Ahmed Chowdhury who served as high commissioner since February 2014.

Mr Howlader will serve as high commissioner for three years and he is based in Mauritius.

During his meeting with the President, Mr Howlader conveyed the best wishes and greetings from President Abdul Mamid and the people of Bangladesh to President Faure and the people of Seychelles.  

With a population of about 170 million, Mr Howlader said Bangladeshis can be found anywhere in the world and that includes Seychelles.

“We know that Seychelles is in need of work force, especially skilled work force. We have a lot. We have some Bangladeshi people still working in Seychelles, so we discussed the possibility of increasing this number,” he said.

“I know that Seychelles economy is mainly based on tourism and from Seychelles we can learn a lot regarding tourism,” he added.

As Seychelles has signed the International Labour Organisation’s convention, Mr Howlader said he also discussed the working conditions of Bangladeshi workers in Seychelles and said he was happy to learn from President Faure that there is no discrimination against foreign workers working in Seychelles.

In the field of industry, Mr Howlader stated that as Bangladesh is second in the world in textile industry, Seychellois could do business in that sector from importing textiles and products from Bangladesh.

With both countries involved in fish exportation, he said fisheries is another area in which Seychelles and Bangladesh can also cooperate.

Mr Howlader will also pay courtesy calls on other high government officials during the course of the week.