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Essential Commodities Act should be amended: FBCCI President


Published : 08 Jun 2022 09:01 PM

FBCCI President Jashim Uddin on Wednesday urged the shop owners’ associations to control the retail market price, he also called traders for decreasing the prices in festivals as the other countries do.

Mentioning that Essential Commodities Act is a very old one, Jashim said, as the country has been developing fast over the recent years and the trend will be continued further, the Essential Commodities Act should be amended. 

FBCCI has already discussed with the Commerce Ministry and Consumer Right Protection Department in this regard, he informed.

He was addressing a meeting with the Moulavibazar Babosayee Samity

The President of the Moulavibazar Babosayee Samity Syed Md. Bashir Uddin while addressing, said, if anyone attempts to manipulate the market ahead of Eid, the association will take punitive actions as per the rules.

FBCCI President Md. Jashim Uddin also called upon the businessmen to conduct their business honestly. 

He said that the whole world is going through an unusual situation right now. At such times, traders need to be more responsible. 

The FBCCI will not take responsibility for a few dishonest businessmen. The president said, 99 percent business do their business fairly, and they should work together to protect a handful of dishonest traders. 

FBCCI Director Abu Motaleb, Harun Or Roshid, Former President of Moulvibazar Babosayee Samity Alhaj Abdur Razzak, General Secretary of the present Committee Azmol Hossain Bablu also spoke at the meeting.

Among others, FBCCI Vice-President Md. Amin Helaly, Md. Habib Ullah Dawn, M A Razzak Khan Raj were also present at the discussion meeting.