Govt working to build exclusive industrial parks
Says prime minister
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said the government has taken initiatives to build exclusive industrial parks for readymade garments, plastic, printing and other sectors and also a separate industrial city for Jamdani, hosiery and electronics for flourishing small and cottage industries.
She said this while inaugurating the 55th founding anniversary of Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation (BSCIC) at Osmani Memorial Auditorium in the capital.
Hasina said works on the setting up of two specialised industrial parks across the country and a multipurpose industrial park in Sirajganj are progressing while special economic zones are being set up in seven divisions.
She said that her government is implementing massive programmes for flourishing the country's industrial sector by putting emphasis on agro-based small industries.
Referring to the huge demand for Bangladeshi processed foods abroad as over 80 lakh expatriate Bangladeshis now live across the globe, the prime minister asked the BSCIC authorities to help setting up processing plants for fish, meat and vegetables.
The prime minister called upon the entrepreneurs and the BSCIC officials and employees to supplement the government efforts at building a middle income country by 2021 and expressed her hope that a poverty, hunger and illiteracy free Bangladesh could be built with the united efforts of all.
The present government, she said, is expanding and modernising the BSCIC training programme as well as expanding specialised training in the industrial sector including in management, design, fashion, packaging, and marketing.
Chaired by Industries Minister Dilip Barua, the inaugural function was also addressed, among others, by Industries Secretary K H Masud Siddiqui and BSCIC Chairman Fakhrul Islam.
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