British Trade Minister for Competitiveness Alan Johnson is to visit Bangladesh for three days from Sunday, the British High Commission said here Saturday.
In a statement, it said Johnson, making his first trip to Dhaka, would inaugurate a three-day "UK Trade and Education Fair 2001."
He would also visit southeastern port city of Chittagong to hold talks with the city's mayor and leading Bangladeshi and British businessmen, besides visiting British-owned industries and establishments, including Shell Cairn and the General Electric Company.
"Bilateral trade between Dhaka and London continued to grow as Britain attached importance on building on the mutually beneficial trading partner," the statement said.
In the first 10 months of 2000, British exports to Bangladesh stood at 61.2 million pounds, while imports from this South Asian country totaled 307 million pounds -- DHAKA (AFP)
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