Viable industry to be set up for employment generation in N-region
Our Correspondent | Friday, 8 August 2008
RANGPUR, Aug 6: The leaders of Greater Rangpur-Dinajpur Industry and Business Development Forum (GRDIBDF) have given the assurance that they will set up viable industries in the region to create employment opportunity for the people of the country's northern region.
They were speaking at a discussion held at the conference room of the Rangpur Chamber of Commerce and Industry (RCCI) at Rangpur Friday.
The discussion was followed by a grand reception to Chairman of Deshbandhu Group Golam Mostofa who had been declared as Commercial Important Person (CIP) this year.
The leaders of the business forum urged the government to fulfil their 12-point demand and to help them set up industries in the region.
Their major demands include gas supply to Rangpur and Dinajpur districts through pipeline, extraction of underground coal in the region, uninterrupted power supply by setting up coal-fired power-station, upgrading the Dinajpur-Dhaka highway into a four-lane road, declaration of Rangpur and Dinajpur as a special commercial zones, and setting up of landports at Sonahat in Kurigram, Moghalhat in Lalmonirhat and Chilahati in Nilphamari districts.
The meeting was addressed, among others, by the Deputy Commissioner of the district, Khandkar Atiar Rahman, and former president of BGMEA and GRDIBDF Vice President Tipu Munsi.
RCCI President Mostofa Azad Chowdhury Babu presided over the meeting.
They were speaking at a discussion held at the conference room of the Rangpur Chamber of Commerce and Industry (RCCI) at Rangpur Friday.
The discussion was followed by a grand reception to Chairman of Deshbandhu Group Golam Mostofa who had been declared as Commercial Important Person (CIP) this year.
The leaders of the business forum urged the government to fulfil their 12-point demand and to help them set up industries in the region.
Their major demands include gas supply to Rangpur and Dinajpur districts through pipeline, extraction of underground coal in the region, uninterrupted power supply by setting up coal-fired power-station, upgrading the Dinajpur-Dhaka highway into a four-lane road, declaration of Rangpur and Dinajpur as a special commercial zones, and setting up of landports at Sonahat in Kurigram, Moghalhat in Lalmonirhat and Chilahati in Nilphamari districts.
The meeting was addressed, among others, by the Deputy Commissioner of the district, Khandkar Atiar Rahman, and former president of BGMEA and GRDIBDF Vice President Tipu Munsi.
RCCI President Mostofa Azad Chowdhury Babu presided over the meeting.