50 YEARS OF FRIENDSHIP.Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Lourdes Yparraguirre raises a toast during the celebration of Bangladesh's Independence Day in Makati City on Monday (March 28, 2022) night. Joining her were Bangladesh Ambassador to the Philippines Borhan Uddin and Papal Nuncio to the Philippines Archbishop Charles John Brown. (PNA photo) MANILA - Bangladesh is inviting Filipino investors to partner with local shipbuilders, touting a flourishing shipbuilding industry in the country. "We have a wonderful shipbuilding industry in Bangladesh so we are trying to make some sort of cooperation with the Philippines in the sector," Ambassador Borhan Uddin told reporters on the sidelines of the Bangladesh Independence Day reception in Makati City Monday night. "The Philippines can order at a cheaper rate small size ships to be built in Bangladesh and investors from the Philippines can also make a joint venture with the shipbuilders in Bangladesh," he added. READ: Ban