FBCCI President Jashim Uddin said that Bangladesh now has many highly prospective diversified products to export to UK.
He urged the Chamber Wales and Wales – Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce & Industry to encourage people in UK to use the products of Bangladesh.
He was addressing the signing of Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between FBCCI & Chamber Wales and FBCCI & Wales – Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce on Monday at a Business Meeting at Cardiff.
Md. Jashim Uddin, President of FBCCI and Paul Slevin, President of Chamber Wales and Abdul Alim, President of Wales – Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce signed the MoUs on behalf of their respective organization.
Speaking on the occasion, FBCCI Chief also said FBCCI and Chamber Wales and Wales – Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce & Industry may work together in a focused manner to promote Bangladesh branding and facilitate export diversification.
He also said FBCCI as the apex trade body of Bangladesh is always open to facilitate business interest of both local and foreign investors in Bangladesh.
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He hoped, signing of MoUs between FBCCI & Chamber Wales and FBCCI & Wales – Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce & Industry would open up new windows for networking and meaningful partnership.
On the same day, FBCCI President met Julie Morgan, Deputy Minister for Social Services of Wales at Cardiff.
During the meeting, FBCCI President Md. JashimUddin mentioned that the UK and Bangladesh have an excellent bond of friendship reflected in the partnership and people to people ties of both countries.
He said Bangladesh is now considered as the economic role model for other developing countries for its sustainable growth, women empowerment and poverty reduction. Socio-economic development with food security, education, healthcare, poverty alleviation, e-governance, modern communication setup and much more are being achieved with the guidance of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
He also said Bangladesh offers one of the world’s best competitive fiscal and non-fiscal incentives including profit repatriation, tax holiday and duty-free import of capital machinery. Bangladesh has a demographic dividend with a hardworking, competitive, educated and skilled workforce with excellent proficiency in English, he added.
He invited more UK investment in Bangladesh considering the facilities offered by the Government. He also hoped UK investors will come forward towards development projects and investment in exclusive industrial zones & tourism parks in Bangladesh.
Mostofa Azad Chowdhury Babu, Senior Vice President, FBCCI, MA Momen, Md. Aminul Haque Shamim, Md. Amin Helaly, Vice Presidents of FBCCI, Faheem Azhar, Ambassador of Cyber Wales, Md. Rejaul Karim Rejnu, Tabarakul Tosaddek Hossain Khano, Syed Sadat Almas Kabir, Syed Moazzeml Hossain, Dr. Nadia Binte Amin, Khan Ahmed Shuvo, Dr. Ferdousi Begum, Directors of FBCCI, Md Halal Uddin, Former Vice-President, Prabir Kumar Saha, Former Director, Engr. Mohd. Mohabbat Ullah, Former Director of FBCCI were also present in MOU’s signing ceremony and the meeting with Julie Morgan, Deputy Minister for Social Services of Wales.