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Reports on formalin control, TCB bills placed in JS

Tuesday, 3 February 2015



The report on 'Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (Amendment) Bill, 2015', was placed in parliament Monday aiming to increase the paid-up capital of the state-owned TCB to Tk 10 billion (1,000 crore). Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Commerce Ministry M Tajul Islam Chowdhury placed the report in the House. Currently, TCB's paid-up capital is Tk 50 million. Meanwhile, The parliamentary standing committee on commerce ministry placed the report on Formalin Control Bill, 2015 in the Jatiya Sangsad on the day with a proposal to passage the bill for bringing use of formalin and its trade activities under legal frame.      — Agencies