Dhaka, May 19 -- India's trade restrictions is likely to have long-term impact on employment landscape in Bangladesh, a senior official of the International Labour Organization (ILO) in Dhaka, said on Monday.

ILO Country Director Tuomo Poutianinen was speaking to the reporters on the occasion of the end of his tenure in Bangladesh.

"Generally, I don't think there will be imminent impact on employment landscape in Bangladesh, because the fact is that much of the employment is in the informal economy, is in the agriculture, is in the various sectors that can on their own right continue to ... employment ambitious. Longer term formal business may be affected not by only that but generally global circumstances in the trade", Poutiainen said...