Month-long DITF begins tomorrow in city
Wednesday, 31 December 2008
FE Report
The month-long 14th Dhaka International Trade Fair (DITF)-2009 begins tomorrow (Thursday) as the Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) is fully prepared to kick off the annual even on schedule.
President Iajuddin Ahmed is expected to open the fair at Sher-e-Bangla Nagar in the city, an EPB official said Tuesday.
The DITF is being jointly organised by the Ministry of Commerce and the EPB and spaces for stalls and pavilions have already been allocated, the official added.
Local and foreign participants are busy adorning their stalls and pavilions with their products.
Sri Lanka is the partner country of this year's DITF.
The fair would help foreign investors and buyers to create new business opportunities in Bangladesh and also establish direct and fruitful business contacts with their Bangladeshi counterparts, Khalilur Rahman, first director general of the EPB, said.
Around 12 countries - India, Iran, Malaysia, Pakistan, Singapore, Thailand, Japan, Turkey, the USA, China, Germany and the United Arab Emirates (UAE)--will participate in the fair. Only eight countries participated in last year's fair, EPB sources said.
Over 300 pavilions, mini-pavilions and stalls have been set up this time on the fair premises. Last year the number was 270, he said adding that 12 restaurants would be set up on the fair premises for visitors.
The month-long 14th Dhaka International Trade Fair (DITF)-2009 begins tomorrow (Thursday) as the Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) is fully prepared to kick off the annual even on schedule.
President Iajuddin Ahmed is expected to open the fair at Sher-e-Bangla Nagar in the city, an EPB official said Tuesday.
The DITF is being jointly organised by the Ministry of Commerce and the EPB and spaces for stalls and pavilions have already been allocated, the official added.
Local and foreign participants are busy adorning their stalls and pavilions with their products.
Sri Lanka is the partner country of this year's DITF.
The fair would help foreign investors and buyers to create new business opportunities in Bangladesh and also establish direct and fruitful business contacts with their Bangladeshi counterparts, Khalilur Rahman, first director general of the EPB, said.
Around 12 countries - India, Iran, Malaysia, Pakistan, Singapore, Thailand, Japan, Turkey, the USA, China, Germany and the United Arab Emirates (UAE)--will participate in the fair. Only eight countries participated in last year's fair, EPB sources said.
Over 300 pavilions, mini-pavilions and stalls have been set up this time on the fair premises. Last year the number was 270, he said adding that 12 restaurants would be set up on the fair premises for visitors.