US never provided GSP facility for Bangladesh: FM

Foreign Minister Hasan Mahmud has said that the USA never provided the Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) facility for Bangladeshi goods to its market.

The minister came up with the remark while responding a query from Jatiya Party Secretary General and Opposition Chief Whip Mujibul Haque Chunnu at the Jatiya Sangsad on Monday.

Replying to a query of ruling Awami League MP from reserved seats for women Farida Yasmin, he said there are 11,450 Bangladeshis, including migrant workers, in jails across 31 countries and Saudi Arabia alone holds 5,746 of them.