Resumption of flights
The country is now achieving remarkable export growth and this will consequently expand the domestic market whereby the country will enjoy commendable GDP growth in the years to come.
In this positive scenario, setting up of new factories now at a higher rate, both for export and domestic market, are absolutely essential but it has been very expensive to buy land for industry in the existing industrial locations in and around Dhaka and Chittagong, and at the same time it is not easy to move around the country for setting up of industries and management thereof because of unfriendly road conditions.
In view of the above, it is essential that flights to Barisal, Rajshahi, Syedpur, Thakurgaon and Chittagong via Comilla should be re-opened and, if required, by allowing subsidy to the airlines companies. This will bring about relatively bigger benefit for the country through rapid industrialisation and achieving higher export growth. In this connection, we have written a letter to the Hon'ble Prime Minister, and it will be highly appreciated if you please try at your level to convince the authorities to re-open the above flights.
M.A. Kalam, Chairman, Bangladesh Economic & Industrial Forum
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