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The national committee secretariat of the International Chamber of Commerce-Bangladesh was inaugurated on Saturday at Gulshan in Dhaka.
Commerce minister Tipu Munshi inaugurated the new ICC Bangladesh office in a ceremony at the organisation’s new office as the chief guest, said a press release issued by ICC Bangladesh.
Tipu Munshi, in his inaugural speech, appreciated the role played by the business community in the overall development of the country and making Bangladesh one of the the fastest growing economy in the world.
He wished that the business community together with the public sector would continue to work to fulfil the vision of prime minister Shaikh Hasina in making Bangladesh a developed country by 2041.
He congratulated ICC Bangladesh president Mahbubur Rahman, members of the executive board as well as the member patrons in setting up a state-of-the-art secretariat and expressed his hope that ICC Bangladesh would play same positive role in future for further development of the country.
The minister also launched ICCB Business Directory which contains basic information about Bangladesh, information for trade and investment and FDI.
The first Directory was published in 2008.
ICC Bangladesh President Mahbubur Rahman, in his welcome address, said that ICCB started it’s journey at a small office at the premises of DCCI with 17 members.
Today, ICCB have 10 Chambers of Commerce and business associations members under Organization Category (FBCCI, DCCI, MCCI, CCCI, FICCI, BAB, BIA, BGMEA, BKMEA and BTMA) and 128 members under corporate category (31 commercial banks, 7 non-banking financial institutions, 10 insurance companies, 5 law firms, 56 national companies and 19 Transnational companies).
Mahbubur Rahman mentioned that ICCB had so far organized seven international and regional conferences which were attended by the heads of state, heads of governments, ministers, heads of international agencies, business leaders, professionals and experts from home and abroad.
Mahbubur Rahman acknowledged ICCB founding vice-president late Latifur Rahman, AK Azad, Kutubuddin Ahmed, Anwar ul Alam Chowdhury (Parvez), Tapan Chowdhury. ASM Quasem and Md Fazlul Haque played the key role in mobilizing the resources for buying new office premises.
ICCB vice-president AK Azad, in his vote of thanks, recalled the role played by founding ICCB vice-president Latifur Raman for his guidance and continuous support to ICC Bangladesh in carrying out his various activities since the national secretariat was set up in 1994.
He thanked the commerce minister for inaugurating the new secretariat and for his assurance in extending to full support of his ministry to the business community.
The inaugural ceremony, among others, were attended by Apex Group chairman Syed Manzur Elahi, former foreign minister Anisul Islam Mahmud, Pubali Bank chairman Monzurur Rahman, IPDC chairman Md Abdul Karim, A.K. Khan & Company Ltd director Salahuddin Kasem Khan, ICCB executive board members Abdul Hai Sarker, ASM Quasem, Aftab ul Islam; Anwar-Ul-Alam Chowdhury (Parvez), Faruque Hassan, Kutubuddin Ahmed, Mahbubul Alam, Md Fazlul Hoque, Mir Nasir Hossain, Mohammad Hatem, Simeen Rahman, Tapan Chowdhury and managing directors and chief executive officers of different commercial banks and national and multinational companies.
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