On the occasion of Eid-ul-Azha like last year, Mirpur Furniture Eid Festival 2024 was inaugurated at the Mehfil Convention Hall in Dhaka’s Shewrapara on Monday.
Salahuddin Mahmud Zahid, Manikganj-1 MP and the president of Begum Rokeya Sarani Business Cooperative Society, was the chief guest at the inauguration ceremony, according to a press release.
Addressing the inauguration ceremony, he emphasised the government's efforts to boost the domestic market by discouraging imports of foreign products while simultaneously providing extensive support to traders to enhance exports.
It is anticipated that this fair will play a significant role in meeting the demand within the country and facilitating an increase in furniture exports to international markets, he said.
KM Aktaruzzaman, president of BFEA and director at FBCCI, and Salim H Rahman, Md Elias Sarkar and A Karim Mazumder, the president, secretary general and organising secretary, respectively, of Bangladesh Furniture Industry Owners Association, attended as special guests.
The programme was chaired by Alhaj Sheikh Abdul Awal, the president of the Mirpur Region of Bangladesh Furniture Industry Owners Association.
The large fair will take place in all furniture shops along the road from Agargaon to Mirpur 10, leading up to the night before Eid. Over 100 companies will participate in the festival and showcase their products in their respective showrooms, read the release.
The fair will be open from 10am to 8pm daily. In celebration of the fair, each furniture showroom will offer special discounts and attractive prizes. Customers will receive one scratch card for every purchase of Tk 20,000, which could win them various prizes.
