[🇧🇩] Aviation Industry in Bangladesh

[Saif]

This man (Adviser Sheikh Bashiruddin) is a jewel in Dr. Yunus' cabinet, especially for our aviation sector. Being a highly successful businessman he was a superb pick - and he stayed above all corruption and acted as a patriotic citizen in negotiating trade details with the US. A man of his brilliance and stature is unheard of in subcontinental politics (or even business, I will say). A visit to one of his many well-managed ultramodern computer-controlled and robotics-equipped factories is convincing enough, which yours truly has seen.

He was the primary US tariff trade negotiator (along with the brilliant Dr. Khalilur Rahman) and earned us the rewards in that scenario, unheard of in other countries.

I hope BNP will utilize him as an adviser in some capacity - but alas, he may not be interested. BNP is already going with Dr. Khalil as an adviser - it seems, which is nevertheless positively encouraging for all Bangladeshis.

Some people say that Sheikh Bashiruddin and Dr. Khalilur Rahman are Jamaat sympathizers. Is this true?

 

[Saif]

The US has Bangladesh Govt. convinced that the latter must pay proper share for any trade imbalance if Bangladesh has to avoid punitive tariffs. Paying that proper share means Bangladesh buying US agri products (oil seeds, cereal, food grains), US cotton and of course - Boeing aircraft for the national air carrier. No amount of complaints by Airbus will change this.

We have to buy Boeing passenger planes to make sure that our $8 billion exports to the USA don't face any hiccups. Having said that, I must admit that technologically Airbus planes are superior to Boeing planes.