India Trade Fair from Feb 25 in city

FE Report

A three-day long 'India Trade Fair (ITF) 2010' will be held from February 25 to 27 at the Winter Garden and Tennis Court of Dhaka Sheraton Hotel.

India-Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and Industry (IBCCI) in cooperation with Indian High Commission in Dhaka will organise the event.

"The fair will help establish linkage between the business communities of both the countries," Abdul Matlub Ahmed, president of IBCCI said at a press conference Wednesday.

Participants from South India, Punjab, Gujarat and many other parts of India, who are generally still unaware of the business potentiality in Bangladesh, are expected to take part in the fair, he explained.

The Indian entrepreneurs will have the opportunity to assess the Bangladesh market; he added hoping that the Indian companies will come forward with bigger investments in Bangladesh.

"Bangladeshi companies willing to export products and services to India will get discounts to encourage them to take part in the ITF 2010," the IBCCI president said.

Two seminars will be held on the sidelines of the fair where business personalities from both the countries will present the business perspectives and potentialities of the two countries, he added.

A large number of Indian and Bangladeshi companies will exhibit their products in 79 stalls and 16 pavillions in the fair.

Dewan Sultan Ahmed chairman of the Fair Sub-Committee, IBCCI; Kazi Wahidul Alam managing director of Triune Exhibition and Event Management Services Ltd and Abul Kashem Ahmed first vice president of Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry, among others, were present in the programme.