Chittagong Bureau :
The 24th Chittagong International Trade Fair-2016 (CITF-2016), a month- long event kicks off with participation of Thailand as partner country from yesterday at Railway pologround maidan in the city.
Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed MP formally inaugurated the trade fair as Chief Guest yesterday evening while Housing and Public Works Minister Engineer Mosharf Hossain, MP, state minister for land Saifuzzaman Chowdhury, MP, former President of Chittagong Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI), M A Latif, MP , City Mayor AJM Nasiruddin and President of Federation of Chittagong Chamber of Commerce and Industries Abdul Motolab Ahmed attended it as special guests. CCCI Directors were present in the inaugural session.
The mega event, second largest International Trade Fair in the country organized under the auspices of CCCI since 25 years ago. Sayed Zamal Ahmed, Co -convener of CITF-2016 organizing committee in his statement said over 450 stalls including 12 premier gold pavilions, three mini mega pavilions, eight premier pavilions, 20 standard pavilions, 166 premier mega booths, 22 mega booths have been set up to date at the fair venue covering four lakh square feet area in Railway Polo ground.
He also informed that the friendly country Thailand has agreed to participate in the fair as partner country for the 12th time. They said some of the leading industrial enterprises at home and abroad, including China, Thailand, Iran, and India will participate in the fair for the 5th time along with the products of other countries will be displayed in fair. The CCCI has been organizing the fair since 1993 and it got a wide range of publicity by the Bangladesh missions abroad, foreign missions in Bangladesh and different trade bodies and trade-based websites.
All preparations including structural development of the fair venue under an attractive layout plan have been completed to make the fair a success, sources said. CCCI officials said besides stringent security measures, one- stop banking service, fire service center and emergency medical center will also be set up inside the fair venue for the convenient of participants and visitors.
The 24th Chittagong International Trade Fair-2016 (CITF-2016), a month- long event kicks off with participation of Thailand as partner country from yesterday at Railway pologround maidan in the city.
Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed MP formally inaugurated the trade fair as Chief Guest yesterday evening while Housing and Public Works Minister Engineer Mosharf Hossain, MP, state minister for land Saifuzzaman Chowdhury, MP, former President of Chittagong Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI), M A Latif, MP , City Mayor AJM Nasiruddin and President of Federation of Chittagong Chamber of Commerce and Industries Abdul Motolab Ahmed attended it as special guests. CCCI Directors were present in the inaugural session.
The mega event, second largest International Trade Fair in the country organized under the auspices of CCCI since 25 years ago. Sayed Zamal Ahmed, Co -convener of CITF-2016 organizing committee in his statement said over 450 stalls including 12 premier gold pavilions, three mini mega pavilions, eight premier pavilions, 20 standard pavilions, 166 premier mega booths, 22 mega booths have been set up to date at the fair venue covering four lakh square feet area in Railway Polo ground.
He also informed that the friendly country Thailand has agreed to participate in the fair as partner country for the 12th time. They said some of the leading industrial enterprises at home and abroad, including China, Thailand, Iran, and India will participate in the fair for the 5th time along with the products of other countries will be displayed in fair. The CCCI has been organizing the fair since 1993 and it got a wide range of publicity by the Bangladesh missions abroad, foreign missions in Bangladesh and different trade bodies and trade-based websites.
All preparations including structural development of the fair venue under an attractive layout plan have been completed to make the fair a success, sources said. CCCI officials said besides stringent security measures, one- stop banking service, fire service center and emergency medical center will also be set up inside the fair venue for the convenient of participants and visitors.
