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Protection of small businesses will be top priority now
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The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) would give highest priority to the protection of the cottage, micro, small and medium enterprises (CMSMEs), as they are the worst hit by the ongoing pandemic.
Md Jashim Uddin, the newly elected president of the apex trade body, made the comment at his introductory meeting with journalists at the federation office in Dhaka yesterday.
He took over charge of the FBCCI for the 2021-23 tenure on Wednesday.
Although the government has allocated Tk 23,000 crore to save the CMSMEs across the country, a majority of them are yet to receive the loan from the stimulus fund because of banks reluctance, unbanked entrepreneurs and stringent conditions attached to the loans, he said.
New FBCCI body pledges to work for private sector uplift
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DHAKA, May 20, 2021 (BSS) – The new president of the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) Md Jashim Uddin today pledged to continue work for private sector development alongside facing the challenges of the businesses due to LDC graduation.
“The country’s apex trade body would continue to work for further flourishing the private sector side by side with tackling the challenges of the businesses due to LDC graduation,” he said.
Jashim made the remarks while addressing a press conference organized by the new FBCCI committee for the 2021-22 term held at its building in the city’s Motijheel area.
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FBCCI ADR Centre, Institute launched The New Nation
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The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industries has launched its own alternative dispute resolution platform aiming at settling trade disputes a short time at a low cost.
The apex trade body also launched the FBCCI Institute to created academy-industry linkage and study of trade and economy, said a press release.
Former president of FBCCI, Shafiul Islam Mohiuddin, inaugurated the FBCCI ADR Center and the FBCCI Institute through a virtual ceremony on Wednesday.
FBCCI president Sheikh Fazle Fahim at the programme hoped that the FBCCI Institute would play a pivotal role in the industry-academy linkage, trade, and economy of Bangladesh.