It\\\'s sceptical about full-term acceptance of current JS

Visiting German parliamentary delegation chief Dagmar Woehrl said Monday the current Parliament of Bangladesh might not enjoy sufficient acceptance by the people for going the full five-year distance, reports UNB.

She conveyed Bundestag's (German national Parliament) concerns regarding the issue during a meeting with Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury at the latter's office.

The members of the visiting delegation hoped that signals would soon come out from Bangladesh for the beginning of substantial dialogue between major political forces, said a German Embassy press release.

During the meeting, the delegation chief congratulated her host on being the first female Speaker of Bangladesh and praised her leadership role.

Woehrl also informed the Speaker of their visit to the textile factories and Centre for the Rehabilitation of the Paralysed (CRP) in Savar on Sunday where they observed the working conditions in factories and met survivors of the collapsed Rana Plaza building.

She said, "We've talked to both the factory owners and the victims of the tragic accident. Now we hope that the Bangladeshi Parliamentarians will take clear initiatives to amend the existing labour laws and improve the social security standards of the workers to fully meet ILO standards so that similar preventable incidents can be avoided in the future."

Earlier, the delegation met the members of the German Bangladesh Parliamentary Friendship Group.