The new Sudanese ambassador in Dhaka Dr. Hassan Eisa El-Talib during a courstesy call on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday evening urged the government of Bangladeshi to export jute, jute products and medicine to Sudan.

He also requested Bangladesh to open an embassy in Khartoum.

Ambassador Dr Hassan E El Talib also came up with the request when he met Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her official residence Ganobhaban in the evening. The Sudanese envoy urged the Prime Minister to encourage Bangladeshi investors to invest in his country in ship-breaking industry.

The prime minister said that the proposal put up by the Sudanese ambassador was under government consideration.