"Of course, the UK is in need of skilled workforce in different sectors. So, there is a scope for the Bangladeshi highly educated professionals to migrate themselves to the UK in a very easy way," said the mayor, who is also a Bangladeshi by birth and migrated himself to UK few years back, at a meeting with the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry in Dhaka.

The mayor's visiting partner SM Aziz, editor of the UK-based Bangladesh Monitor, Mir Nasir Hossain, president of FBCCI, and Dewan Sultan Ahmed, vice-president of FBCCI, were present at the meeting.

Under the highly educated and skilled migration scheme of the high commission, Bangladeshi professionals like nurses, doctors and engineers can migrate to the UK, said Shafiqul Haque.

The Mayor, who is representing the largest Bangladeshi community --Tower Hamlets--in London, also said, "Last week, I met with the UK high commissioner in Dhaka and discussed the issue. The high commissioner also highlighted the issue of migration of skilled Bangladeshi residents to the UK".

"So, you can communicate with the British high commission to know about the scheme and procedure of migration", he advised the skilled professionals who are interested to migrate to the UK.

The Tower Hamlets mayor also requested the FBCCI to come forward to disseminate the information about such a great opportunity to the people.

He said the UK is investing in many fields in Bangladesh. In a similar way, through the FBCCI initiative, the Bangladeshi entrepreneurs can invest a lot in different fields in the UK.

He also assured the FBCCI of putting in all of his efforts in organising the single country fair in the UK, which is scheduled for November. FBCCI and Euro-Asia Business Promotion Council is organising the fair in a bid to promote Bangladeshi products in that country.

The FBCCI president said there is a scope for the businesspeople in the private sector to go for joint ventures on gas exploration and gas-based industries, infrastructure development, including electricity, port and telecommunication and hi-tech products.

He said, " A new entrepreneurial class has emerged in Bangladesh and is enthusiastically looking for overseas partners particularly from the country like UK."

He also urged the non-resident Bangladeshis in the UK to come up with invest plans in manufacturing sector instead of unproductive sector like real estate.