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UNB, Dhaka

An 18-member business delegation of the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) left here for India on Thursday to attend the 21st Industrial India Trade Fair in Milan Mela Complex, Kolkata.

The 11-day trade fair, scheduled to begin today, has been jointly organized by the Bengal National Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BNCCI) and the government of West Bengal in association with India Trade Promotion Organization.

Apart from joining the fair, the FBCCI delegation, led by Abdul Matlub Ahmad, President of India-Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and Industry (IBCCI) and Chairman of Nitol Group, will meet the private sector leaders of Kolkata and the officials of Bangladesh Deputy High Commission there.

Thirty-eight Bangladeshi companies are participating in the trade fair this year under the auspices of Export Promotion Bureau (EPB).

The FBCCI delegation is expected to return on Saturday, said a press release today.