Dhaka Int'l Trade Fair deferred by 7 days

Economic Correspondent: Dhaka International Trade Fair-2019 has been deferred by seven days due to the 11^th parliamentary elections slated for December 30.

Director General of Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) Ramjan Ali confirmed this to risingbd.com on Wednesday.

“We have decided to reschedule the starting date for the month-long fair due to the national elections although the fair is supposed to begin on January 1 every year. We will sit for a meeting regarding this in the coming month (December). Then, we can inform about the exact date for commencing the fair. But we hope the fair is likely to be inaugurated within January 10 as the book fair is scheduled to begin on February 1,” Ramjan Ali said.


risingbd/Dhaka/Nov 28, 2018/Nasir/AI