Collaborative efforts to promote business sector in Rajshahi stressed

Collaborative efforts of all government and non-government entities concerned can be the best way of promoting the business sector in the region for strengthening its economic condition.

Investment in the existing potential sectors is also important for generating employment opportunities side by side with improving the living and livelihood conditions of people.

Academics and business leaders came up with the observation while addressing a meeting on the promotion of trade and business in Rajshahi held at the conference hall of Rajshahi Chamber of Commerce and Industries (RCCI) in the city Wednesday evening.

Mayor of Rajshahi City Corporation AHM Khairuzzaman Liton and Vice-chancellor of Rajshahi University Prof Golam Sabbir Sattar addressed the meeting as chief and special guests respectively with RCCI President Masudur Rahman in the chair.

Former chairmen of Rajshahi Education Board Prof Nurul Alam, Prof Tanbirul Alam and Prof Mokbul Hossain, former principal of Rajshahi College Prof Habibur Rahman, retired banker Ariful Haque and retired college teachers Prof Ruhul Amin Pramanik and Prof Aminur Rahman also spoke on the occasion.

Mayor Liton called for extending whole-hearted cooperation towards need-based training and bank-loan to the entrepreneurs for the sake of generating more entrepreneurs.

Reminding the investment issue as one of the Prime Minister’s ten special initiatives he stressed the need of devising ways and means how to boost the sector by creating more investment in all the potential fields.

Reviewing the existing problems with regard to setting up local enterprises and possible solutions to those, he sought the cooperation of all the authorities concerned for the flourishing industrial sector.

He dwelt on various issues like trade and business, industry, agriculture, power supply, import and export, SME development and expansion and bank interest rate.