Business leaders want BD-India Joint Pvt Sector Working Group

Bangladesh business leaders on Sunday proposed India to form a Bangladesh-India Joint Private Sector Working Group to further ease Indian investment to Bangladesh and boost Bangladesh exports to the neighbouring country.
Newly elected FBCCI President Abdul Matlub Ahmed along with other business leaders made the request to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi when they met him at Hotel Sonargaon on Sunday afternoon.
Briefing reporters after the meeting that lasted for around 15 minutes from 3:40 pm, Abdul Matlub Ahmed said the deals, including agreements and MoUs, that have been signed between Bangladesh and India during the historic visit of Modi to Bangladesh would take the trade and commerce relationship of Bangladesh-India to a newer height.
“Through the signing of these agreements and instruments, initiatives are there to reduce the BD-India trade gap as well as boosting exports from Bangladesh to India,” he added.
The FBCCI president said the Bangladeshi businesses also demanded 50 acres of land in India for making investment in the RMG sector, a news agency report said.
“We welcome you,” said Abdul Matlub Ahmed quoting the Indian Prime Minister.
The FBCCI president said a new horizon on the business relationship of the two countries is being sighted following the successful visit of Narendra Modi to Bangladesh.
He also said they basically came to extend their greetings to the Indian PM for visiting Bangladesh.
BGMEA President M Atiqul Islam, FBCCI 1st Vice President Md Shafiul Islam, DCCI President Md Hossain Khaled, MCCI President Syed Nasim Manzur and CCCI President Mahbubul Alam were, among others, present.