<div><span style="font-size: 1rem;"><b>Scotland is keen on hiring construction workers from Bangladesh, a visiting parliamentary delegation from the country told Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday.</b></span><br></div><div><br></div><div>This was conveyed when a six member Cross-Party Parliamentary Group (CPG) led by first- ever Bangladeshi origin MP of the Scotland Parliament Foysol Choudhury met the prime minister at her official residence Ganabhaban.</div><div><br></div><div>The other members of the delegation were Miles Briggs, Evelyn Tweed, Juned Hussain Chowdhury, Farhan Masud Khan and Md Lutfur Rahman.</div><div><br></div><div>PM’s press secretary Ihsanul Karim briefed the reporters after the call on.</div><div><br></div><div>Foysol Choudhury, however, said the workers' lack of skill in English&nbsp; language is seen as a barrier in hiring them.</div><div><br></div><div>He said Scotland also wants to invest in Bangladesh's agro sector.</div><div><br></div><div>PM Hasina told the delegation&nbsp; that through&nbsp; various institutions her government is providing training in language, vocational work and computer language to enhance efficiency of the outgoing manpower of the country.</div><div><br></div><div>The Scottish MPs highly appreciated the unprecedented development of Bangladesh in the last 15 years, said the press secretary.</div><div><br></div><div>They mentioned that Bangladeshi diaspora is involved in mainstream politics of Scotland and currently there are some 200 elected councillors there.</div><div><br></div><div>Bangladesh Ambassador at Lagre M Ziauddin and Principal Secretary M. Tofazzel Hossain Miah were present during the meeting. According to UNB reports&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>