Khalid terms business as key indicator for devlopment
BSS, Dhaka
State Minister for Shipping Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury yesterday said business and commerce are the key indicators for the development.
He was addressing as the chief guest at a discussion on International Customs Day at a community centre in Rangpur city, said a press release.
The state minister underscored the need for further simplifying the customs management to flourish business and commerce and ease the revenue collection as customs plays an important role in expanding trade and business.
Chaired by Commissioner of Rangpur Customs, Excise and VAT Commissionerate, Showkat Ali Saadi, the function was addressed, among others, by Rangpur City Corporation Mayor Mustafizur Rahman Mustafa, Director General (North-West Region) of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) Brigadier General Md Kaiser Hasan Malik, Commissioner of Rangpur Metropolitan Police Mohammad Abdul Alim Mahmud, President of Rangpur Chamber Of Commerce and Industry Mostofa Sohrab Chowdhury Titu and Rangpur Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry President Md Rezaul Islam Milon.
Mentioning that said customs also had vast contributions to socio-economic development of the country, Khalid said, We have to increase our own resources for expanding the area of customs to reach the expected goal of economic uplift and progress in other sectors.
