Businesses have been asked to submit sector-specific impact assessment reports so that the government can decide how best to provide incentives to those impacted by the recent nationwide violence that has been at the centre of the quota reform movement.
“We will study the assessment reports to understand the impact the weeklong turmoil left on the economy and then decide on how the government can cooperate with the businesses,” said Salman F Rahman, private industry and investment adviser to the prime minister.
Following a meeting with business leaders at the Bangladesh Investment Development Authority’s office in Agargaon, the capital, he delivered these remarks at a news briefing.
Among the main issues that the businesses discussed in the meeting were the Ctg port’s container congestion, excessive bank interest rates, the gas crisis, and internet issues.
Additionally, they requested that the demurrage fees for any further stays of imported cargo and containers at Chattogram Port be waived.
Nasrul Hamid, State Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources; Zunaid Ahmed Palak, State Minister for Post, Telecom and ICT; Ahasanul Islam Titu, State Minister for Commerce, and Mahbubul Alam, president of the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry, were also present at the meeting.
