5 July 2008

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FBCCI Condemned the attact at Business Houses of FBCCI Director and demands punishment of the culprits

Dhaka, Saturday, 5 July 2008

Acting President of the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) Mr. Abul Kashem Ahmed strongly condemned the brutal  attack and robbery at the business houses of Mr. Mohammad Amirul Haque, Director, FBCCI and a renowned businessman of the country on Thursday, 3 July 2008. The business leaders feel insecured at this incident happened at different business houses of Mr. Amirul Haque at Agrabad, Chittagong including kidnapping of one of the business partners of Mr. Haque. FBCCI Acting President Mr. Abul Kashem Ahmed expressed deep concern at this nauseating incident. It will hamper smooth running of the business activities, the business leaders feared. The Acting president of FBCCI demands fair and neutral investigation and urged the concerned authority for exemplary punishment of the culprits under Emergency Rules.

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8 July 2008

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Seminar on 'Upcoming WTO ministerial and Challenges for Bangladesh' organized by FBCCI tomorrow

Dhaka, Wednesday, 8 July 2008

A seminar on 'Upcoming WTO ministerial and Challenges for Bangladesh' organized by the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) will be held tomorrow (9-7-2008) at a city hotel. Dr. Hossain Zillur Rahman, Hon'ble Advisor for the Ministry of Education and Commerce will grace the occasion as Chief Guest. The Key-note paper will be presented by the Special Guest Dr. Debapriya Bhattacharya, Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to UN Mission in Geneva.

Mr. Annisul Huq, President, FBCCI will conduct the seminar while the First Vice President, Vice President and the Directors of FBCCI will be present.

Professor Mustafizur Rahman, Executive Director of Center for Policy Dialogue (CPD) , Professor Mohammad  Ali Taslim, CEO of Bangladesh Foreign Trade Institute (BFTI), Mr. Feroz Ahmed, Secretary of Ministry of Commerce and Mr. Farooq Sobhan, President of Bangladesh Enterprise Institute (BEI) will participate the seminar as discussant. Heads of leading Chambers and Associations, Think Tank on WTO issues and representatives of Civil Society will also attend.

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17 July 2008

FBCCI/PR/Press-8/2008/6112

Concerns of FBCCI at the upcoming

Mini Ministerial of WTO

Dhaka, Thursday, 17 July 2008

Mr. Annisul Huq, President of the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) will be participating at the upcoming Mini Ministerial of the World Trade Organization (WTO) to be held from 21 July 2008 in Geneva, Switzerland as a member of high powered Bangladesh delegation. Dr. Hossain Zillur Rahman, Hon'ble Advisor for the Ministry of Education and Commerce and the high officials of WTO cell of the ministry are also joining the meeting.

Mr. Annisul Huq, President, FBCCI has already sent a letter on 16 July 2008 (copy enclosed) to Mr. Pascal Lamy, Director General of WTO highlighting the issues of concern of the Private Sector of Bangladesh. Mr. Huq in his letter appreciated the Director General of WTO for his untiring and sincere efforts in guiding the ongoing Doha Round of Negotiations towards a highly cherished conclusion keeping in focus the interest of LDCs. The Private Sector leader of Bangladesh mentioned his conviction  that a credible and commercially meaningful outcome of DDA negotiations in the following areas of particular interest to LDCs will be attained: 

·        Notification of duty free & quota free market access for all products originating from all LDCs by 2008 for consultations and review before and conclusion of the ongoing DDA negotiations

·        Simple and transparent Rules of Origin based on value addition criteria

·        Mitigating Preference Erosion

·        Operationalization  of GATS LDC Modalities for LDCs (in areas of particular interest to LDCs specially mode 4)

·        LDCs and NFIDCs concerns in negotiations on Agriculture

·        Operationalization of special and differential treatment provisions of WTO

·        Tangible, need based and predictable technical and financial assistance for capacity building

·        Product diversification in goods and services, and

·        Facilitating compliance of WTO commitments.

The FBCCI President hoped that due consideration to the above will surely enable Bangladesh and LDCs to arrive at a consensus along with other members on other issues under the single undertaking to successfully conclude the Doha round of negotiations.

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