Realtors yesterday called for an unconditional black money whitening scope for five to 10 years with a view to stopping money laundering and attracting investments to the housing sector.
To advance the country's leather sector, acquiring more land is necessary to solve various problems including waste management in the Tannery Industrial Estate in Savar, said Mohammad Tofazzel Hossain Miah, principal secretary to the prime minister. "We need to modernise the CETP [common effluent treatment plant] more.
The Bangladesh government is trying to raise annual export earnings from leather and leather products to $10 billion by 2030, commerce minister Tipu Munshi recently told an.
A three-day international technology trade show on leather goods, including the machinery, chemicals, accessories and other components needed to make them, will kick off in Dhaka on Wednesday.