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A meeting for exchange of views with renowned industrialists and businessmen was held on August 23 at a local hotel organised by Industrialists and Businessmen Welfare Foundation (IBWF).

Presided over by Prof Abu Nasser Muhammad Abduz Zaher, President of IBWF and Chairman of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited the meeting was addressed, among others, by Nazir Ahmad, Vice President, Kazi Harun-ar-Rashed, Secretary General, Abul Kalam Azad, Secretary of Dhaka City, Md Shahidul Islam, Vice President of the organization, Abdul Haque, FBCCI Director, Mojibul Haider Chowdhury, Chairman, National Life Insurance, Farrukh Hasan, Director of Lipika Textile. Businessman and industrialists from different segments of the country were present at the meeting.

Prof Abu Nasser Muhammad Abduz Zaher said that it was the responsibility of the government to ensure the business friendly environment in the country. The government should take necessary measures to solve the problems of confidence crisis among the businessmen. He viewed that respectable men are not getting their due respects.

He said that 1/11 is the creation of local and foreign conspirators. The countrymen will not allow this instability any longer.

He said the country was not born by the mercy and pity of any power. No sole autonomy will be tolerated. The industrialists should come forward to expedite the economy of the country.

Kazi Harun-ar-Rashed said that it is more important to create trustworthiness among the businessmen instead of detaining them in the jails or sending them abroad. He called upon to establish industries requiring more labors in order to eradicate penury.

Abdul Haque narrated his experience in India and Turkey. He said that a number of industrialists of Turkey want to establish mills and factories in Bangladesh. He said power crisis is the main obstacle in this sector and opined that it is high time we solved the crisis.

Mojibul Haider Chowdhury said that government of any country should come forward with different lucrative proposals with a view to extending industrialization in that country. He laid emphasis upon the rapid solution of electricity crisis.