2021-02-09 13:05:46 GMT2021-02-09 21:05:46(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
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DHAKA, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) The Online Handover Certificate Signing Ceremony was held for the China-aided Project of the China-Bangladesh Friendship Exhibition Center.
Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Li Jiming and Bangladeshi Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi attended the online ceremony and signed the Handover Certificate on behalf of the governments of China and Bangladesh respectively on Feb. 7.
Masud Bin Momen, Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Fatima Yasmin, Secretary of the Economic Relations Division of the Ministry of Finance, Md. Jafar Uddin, Secretary of the Ministry of Commerce, also attended and spoke at the ceremony.
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Published: 07 Feb 2021 03:53 PM BdST
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The 26th edition of the Dhaka International Trade Fair will not begin on Mar 17 as originally planned even though the preparations have been made to stage the event at the Bangladesh-China Friendship Exhibition Centre in Purbachal. );
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Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi announced the development during the hand-over ceremony of the new exhibition centre at the Secretariat on Sunday.
“We were preparing for the fair this year. Our preparations were centred on Mar 17 as the starting date. We initially got a consensus on this but because of the coronavirus situation, the prime minister has asked to proceed a bit slowly. I hope we can hold the fair at some point this year,”
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The commerce ministry s plan to begin the Dhaka International Trade Fair (DITF) from March did not get the go-ahead from the government because of the ongoing pandemic, said Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi yesterday.
After failing to start the largest exposition in Bangladesh on January 1 due to the rogue virus, the Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) of the commerce ministry, the organiser, had planned to inaugurate it on March 17.
But the high-ups of the government did not give the permission, Munshi said. So, I can t specifically say when the DITF will be held this year. However, I can say that the fair would be organised at a convenient time this year, he said at the handover ceremony of the China-Bangladesh Friendship Exhibition Centre (CBFEC).