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Traders oppose trade fair

15 June 2009, 18:00 PM

NATIONAL

Our Corrspondent, Moulvibazar

Traders at the district town have threatened to go on strike if the local chamber did not cancel its trade fair immediately. The traders under the banner of 'General Businessmen of Moulvibazar' at a press conference yesterday said due to the proposed fair at Moulvibazar Government High School ground, small and middle class businessmen of the town will suffer loss. They feared that like every year, lottery will be introduced and the law and order will deteriorate due to some unethical practices. They said, not only businessmen, guardians of the town have also demanded cancellation of the trade fair and submitted a memorandum to the DC in this regard. Earlier, on Sunday, the traders of the town brought out a procession to protest the bid to hold the fair and submitted a memo to the DC.