Bangladesh Chamber of Industries (BCI) will continue to work to promote the micro, small and medium industries across the country.

In this regard, the organisation will prepare a complete report with the opinions of all sectors of micro, small and medium industries and send it to the concerned government departments and discuss with them how to develop micro, small and medium industries by removing the problems of this sector.BCI President Anwar-ul Alam Chowdhury (Parvez) said this while addressing a round table meeting on issues of manufacturing industry, especially micro, small and medium enterprises at the organisation’s Boardroom on Saturday.

BCI Secretary General Dr Md Helal Uddin, ndc, moderated the event.He said that BCI has been continuously working to identify the problems of their respective sectors and find solutions.He noted that BCI is focusing on the development of light engineering, agro-based industries, halal products, blue economy, and leather products.“We want to remove all kinds of obstacles to all local industries,” he added.

The participants in the meeting discussed various important issues including credit system, environmental certification, obstacles to obtaining loans for women entrepreneurs, VAT and tax management, certification, market management, implementation of the competition law have come up.The BCI president also said that before discussing with the government, the sector-specific issues will be finalized with the leaders of the relevant sectors and they will be kept in the delegation during the discussion.The meeting was also addressed by Preeti Chakraborty, Senior Vice President, BCI, Shahidul Islam Niru, Director, BCI, Jahangir Alam, Director, BCI, Shahedul Islam (Helal), Former President, BCI, Obaidur Rahman, President, Bangladesh Aluminum Manufacturers Association, Ali Zaman, President, SME Owners Association of Bangladesh, Md. Abdur Razzak, President, BEIOA, Eng. Utpal Kumar Das, President, Bangladesh Die and Mold Manufacturers Association, Ismat Zerin Khan, Member, BCI, Dr. Syed Ihsanul Karim, Former Director (TTI) Bitac, Shahriar Ahmed, Director, BEIOA, Sanjay Pal, Senior Manager (SME Banking) Simanta Bank PLC, AKM Zahidul Haque, Assistant General Manager, PKSF, Habibur Rahman, Joint Director, Bangladesh Bank, Md. Khaled Abu Naser, Former Director, Bangladesh Competition Commission, Moinul Islam, Deputy Manager, SME Foundation, Md. Mahmudul Alam, Member, Bangladesh Die and Mold Manufacturers Association, Dilip Majumder, Member, Bangladesh Die and Mold Manufacturers Association, Dr. Engineer Mazharul Habib, Additional Director and Head of Center, BITAC, Md. Sheikh Sadi, Member, Agriculture Machinery Manufacturers Association, and Maksumul Azim, Deputy Head of Operations and Logistics, Uttara Motors Ltd.