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‘Made in Bangladesh’ gold bars and ornaments will be introduced globally as the country’s jewellery industry is set to achieve competitive export capacity under the leadership of Sayem Sobhan Anvir, president of Bangladesh Jewellers Association (BAJUS) and managing director of Bashundhara Group.
Former central president of BAJUS Dr Dilip Kumar Roy confirmed the matter during organisation’s Chattogram Divisional Conference-2022 at the Officers Club adjacent to MA Aziz Stadium in the port city on Sunday.
“Sayem Sobhan Anvir, BAJUS president and managing director of renowned industrial conglomerate Bashundhara Group, has been working with a vision to enhance country’s gold industry.”, Roy said, adding that “He is also establishing gold refinery with an investment of Tk 12, 500 crore making way to introduce gold bars tagged with ‘Made in Bangladesh’ across the globe.”
Expressing gratitude to the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for formulating a policy for the gold industry, he said, “Although Bengali people were rich in gold industry but earlier this industry sank into oblivion due to lack of proper state policy. We were treated as businessmen associated with the black market despite having huge investments. Banks were not interested to give us loans.”
Now, the policy is in place and businessmen of gold industry can do business with dignity, he said, adding that “The new BAJUS president has taken initiative to establish a gold bank. We will get loan from that bank.”
Describing contribution of BAJUS, Dr Dilip said that the gold traders will have to get membership of the organisation to avail the facility and come under a discipline.
“The BAJUS members will get loans, gold bars and government facilities. Besides, the association will stand beside them at any critical time. The leaders of each district and upazila will have to form full committees while the organisation will also hold a central conference.”, he stated.
