Include business leaders in efforts to protect consumer rights: FBCCI

Md Jashim Uddin, president of the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI), has urged the government and other related agencies to keep business leaders in the fold when working to protect consumer rights.

He made the call during a programme organised by the Directorate of National Consumer Rights Protection (DNCRP) on the occasion of World Consumer Rights Day at the Osmani Memorial Auditorium in Dhaka Today.

Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi said that if consumers are aware of their rights, unscrupulous businesspersons who are behind the price hike of daily essentials will not be able to engage in such activities.

AHM Safiquzzaman, director general of the DNCRP, said his organisation's manpower needs to be increased in order to properly carry out its activities.

Zakia Sultana, secretary of the industries ministry, and Tapan Kanti Ghosh, senior secretary to the commerce ministry, were also present at the programme.