, June 9 -- Bangladesh is in discussion with Russia to enhance manpower, sending up to 100,000 workers within the next year.

Foreign Minister Dr Khalilur Rahman made a proposal to the Russian authorities on Monday who agreed to work on it expeditiously.

Currently, nearly 10,000 Bangladeshis are working in Russia, said the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The two sides are expected to complete necessary formalities in this regard soon.

Earlier in his bilateral meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, the Foreign Minister discussed to increase bilateral trade volume and requested Russian government for duty free quota free (DFQF) market access to Bangladesh's products and urged steps for fast-track registration process for Bangl...