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Modern tanneries to be set up in Ctg, Rajshahi: PM
DHAKA, Nov 22, 2018 (BSS)-Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said if
elected again her government would set up modern tanneries in Chattogram and
Rajshahi as well as an exclusive leather industrial zone with all modern
facilities.
The government has already asked the concerned officials to find out a
suitable place for the industrial zone, she said adding that the leather
industrial zone and the tanneries would be constructed if her party is
reelected.
The prime minister was inaugurating Bangladesh Leather Footwear & Leather
Goods International Sourcing Show (Blliss)-2018 at a function at Bangabandhu
International Conference Centre here.
“If I’m elected I will construct the industrial zone and tanneries. And if
I’m not elected you make sure that the new government will execute the plan,”
Sheikh Hasina told the leather industry leaders.
The prime minister asked the authorities of the newly established Special
Economic Zones (SEZs) to keep an area in every zone particularly for leather
industries.
Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed, senior secretary of the commerce ministry
Shubashish Basu, president of FBCCI Shafiul Islam Mohiuddin were present as
special guests while president of the Leather Goods and Footwear
Manufacturers & Exporters Association of Bangladesh (LFMEAB) Safiul Islam
gave the welcome address.
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