Three-day Bangladesh Apparel and Safety Expo held in Chittagong

The three-day Bangladesh Apparel and Safety Expo in Chittagong that ended yesterday received spot orders for garment export worth $15 million. Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) organised the expo in the port city for the first time with an aim to showcase the garment products to the international buyers and familiarise the entrepreneurs with the latest safety equipments and machinery.
Bangladesh and India have reached a consensus to bring down the border killings to zero level and ensure a peaceful atmosphere in the frontiers. With an existing curb in the supply of cattle from India, Border Guard Bangladesh yesterday requested Bangladeshis not to enter India to bring cattle. Director General (DG) of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) Major General Aziz Ahmed said these to the media at Pilkhana BGB headquarters here on the outcome of the biannual BGB-BSF conference held in India’s New Delhi from August 3-6.
The first consignment of relief materials containing over one tonne of medicines and water purification tablets from Bangladesh has reached Myanmar. Bangladesh Ambassador Sufiur Rahman handed over the relief materials to Deputy Minister of Social Welfare Daw Su Su Hlaing yesterday, according to Foreign Ministry here.
Bangladesh wants to see a quick completion of the process on Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with Turkey to expand and strengthen trade ties between the two countries. Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali laid emphasis on the issue when outgoing Turkish Ambassador to Bangladesh Huseyin Muftuoglu met him at the Foreign Ministry yesterday.
Observing the physical connectivity as the prerequisite to boost regional trade and investment, Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith yesterday suggested building regional roads under the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) programme. He was speaking at a programme on the ways of increasing trade between the two neighbouring courtiers, also advised that the framework agreement signed last June among Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal should be implemented as earliest to achieve this goal. He was addressing the concluding ceremony of the three-day India Investrade 2015, an annual event for showcasing Indian machinery, held at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre (BICC) in Dhaka.
Member of the European Parliament Sajjad Karim yesterday urged the Bangladesh government and the readymade garment exporters to start necessary groundwork for availing the GSP plus benefit in the EU market as the country would lose generalised system of preferences in the market once it achieves middle-income country status. He said to the media after a meeting with the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association at the BGMEA office in the city.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina warned that the government will not allow anyone in Bangladesh to do politics over religious sentiment. She was speaking at a function organised by Women and Child Affairs Ministry at Osmani Memorial Auditorium marking the 85th birth anniversary of Begum Fazilatunnesa Mujib, the wife of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman yesterday
Bangladesh Bank Governor Atiur Rahman yesterday announced that the central bank will launch a new loan product for the remittance earners in Malaysia following opening up of the Malaysian labour market for the country. The central bank governor made this pledge while speaking as the chief guest at ‘World Conference Series 2015’ in Kuala Lumpur, organised by NRB Centre, a Bangladesh-based organisation, according to a message received in the capital yesterday.