, Sept. 3 -- A Japanese parliamentary delegation engaged in labour issues on Wednesday praised improved working conditions in Bangladesh factories but insisted on more work for further progress.

"We must admit that the labour environment has improved, but there is still room for further progress," said Michihiro Ishibashi, secretary general of the Constitutional Democratic Party of Japan and member of the House of Councillors.

Ishibashi led the delegation members of the Japanese Parliamentarians' League on the International Labour Organization (ILO) as they paid a courtesy call on Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Wednesday at the State Guest House Jamuna.

During the meeting, Ishibashi shared his observations from the delegates...