Dhaka, Aug. 17 -- Speakers at a stakeholder consultation of logistics sector have highlighted the importance of formalizing and upskilling the logistics workforce to face the challenge 5th industrial revolution.

They suggested inclusion of this sector in the National Skills Development Authority's or NSDA's training programmes could help increase foreign earnings by billions of dollars. The logistics sector's Industry Skills Council, or ISC, stated its readiness to assist in this effort.

These remarks came at the stakeholders' consultation hosted by NSDA with representatives from the logistics sector, held at Agargaon on Sunday.

The event, titled "Industry Skills Council (ISC) for Skill Development, Industry Linkage, and Employment," w...