The New Nation - Internet Edition

NATION BUSINESS REPORT

The first international CNG exhibition began yesterday in Dhaka which has een participated by 50 companies from 16 countries including the host, Bangladesh. M Tamim, special assistant to the chief adviser, inaugurated the four-day exposition at the Bangladesh-China Friendship Conference Centre in the afternoon.

Around 130 stalls of the participants from home and abroad have been housed at the centre to showcase products like CNG cylinders, kits, compressors, dispensers and accessories.

The exhibition remains open from 10:00am to 8:00pm every day.

A workshop on 'safety of cylinder' will be held today and a seminar on 'CNG sector in Bangladesh' tomorrow which will be organised with support from the Petrobangla, Rupantarita Prakritik Gas Company Ltd, and Asia Pacific Natural Gas Vehicle Conference.

The organisers expect the initiative will encourage the CNG sector and help it rectify its problems. The people involved in the sector will also get a chance to gather correct information directly from the suppliers, which will help them a lot, they said.

The participating countries are Canada, China, South Korea, India, Pakistan, Argentina, New Zealand, Italy, Turkey, Malaysia, United Kingdom, Iran, USA, Singapore, and Bangladesh. Besides, more than 100 observers from 20 more countries are also expected to visit the exhibition.