Staff Correspondent
Bangladeshi origin British businessmen on Wednesday sought cooperation from government to set up a curry school in Dhaka to produce skilled manpower for curry industry to fulfill the growing demand of BD workers in Britain.
“In Britain, there are 12 thousands restaurants which are mainly operated by the Bangla-deshi migrants. As many as 1 lakh Bangladeshi are working in those restaurants. At present, there is demand of thirty thousand skilled manpower in Britain,” said Bajloor Rashid, president of Bangladesh Caterers’ Association (BCA), at a press conference in the city yesterday morning.
“We want to set up a Curry school in London and a branch of this school will be set up in Dhaka. Successful candidates from Bangladesh campus will be allowed admission in London campus. After successful completion of the course, they will get the opportunity to work in these restaurants,” Bajloor Rashid said.
He said the curry industry has been facing difficulties due to shortage of skilled manpower. “Right now, there is a shortage of 30 thousands of manpower in these curry industry.”
He also underscored the need for infrastructural development in Bangladesh saying, “IF Bangladesh government assists us, we will set up a curry school in Dhaka to produce skilled manpower. Bangladesh can earn a huge amount of foreign exchange every year if it can send skilled manpower to Britain.”
“A cross section of businessmen and members of the newly elected government has already assured us of providing all sorts of assistance to train-up the skilled manpower,” he said.
“Curry industry is one of the largest industries in UK and its annual turnover is about 3.50 billion pound (BDT 40,000 crore). But now this industry is on the verge of collapse due to acute shortage of skilled manpower,” he added.
“The issue of shortage of skilled manpower in curry industry has been recently discussed in British parliament and this is the outcome of our long term movement,” he claimed.
Courtesy: thebangladeshtoday.com
