Finance and Commerce adviser Dr Salehuddin Ahmed on Tuesday urged the country’s business community to do business transparently, honestly and sincerely.
“Please do business transparently and honestly and don’t make any transaction under the table,” he told reporters after a group of country’s leading businessmen met him at his ERD office in the afternoon.
Responding to the businesses’ concern over the law and order situation, the adviser assured them of providing necessary security alongside taking prompt steps of issuing LCs as well as ensuring that there is no congestion in the airports and seaports for loading and unloading of goods, BSS reports.
Asked about the demand from the RMG sector to provide soft loans to deal with the current situation, Dr Salehuddin suggested them to hold meeting with the Bangladesh Bank Governor in this regard.
The Finance and Commerce Adviser said he had also assured some foreign buyers, who were present in the meeting, that their investment opportunities would be good here in Bangladesh side by side the law and order situation and banking facilities would remain favourable for them.
Emerging from the meeting, former FBCCI president AK Azad said that they have requested the adviser for taking steps to delay the process for availing GSP plus facilities by three more years to 2029 instead of the 2026 period.
Besides, he said the business leaders also demanded for bringing necessary reforms in the trade bodies and associations as early as possible and thus giving elections to those to elect the new leadership.
ICC-B Bangladesh president Mahbubur Rahman, former FBCCI president Mir Nasir Hossain, BKMEA president Mohammad Hatem, CDBL chairman Tapan Chowdhury were present, among others, at the meeting.
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