Bangladesh Trade and Tariff Commission (Amendment) Bill, 2024 was passed in the Jatiya Sangsad (JS) on Tuesday with a view to further amending Bangladesh Trade and Tariff Commission Act, 1992, state news agency BSS reports.
State Minister for Commerce Ahasanul Islam Titu moved the bill in the House and it was passed by voice votes with Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury in the chair.
While placing the bill, the state minister said the amendment bill has been placed to bring change in the name of the post of "secretary" of Bangladesh Trade and Tariff Commission.
"We have taken an action plan to make our export earn $100 billion within next three years and that's why the enactment of the law will play a pivotal role", said the state minister on behalf of the bill.
Apart from this, he said the ministry also working to make the Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) more effective as the corporation now distributing essentials among one crore lower income families with fifty per cent subsidy rate.
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