Administrative officials and others concerned mentioned that joint efforts of all government and non-government entities can be the vital means of creating investment-friendly atmosphere. They identically observed that infrastructure development and availability of updated business information could help flourish different industries in Rajshahi.

They came up with the observation while addressing the meeting of Rajshahi Division and District Investment and Business Development Committee at conference hall of Deputy Commissioner here yesterday. Divisional Commissioner Nur-Ur-Rahman and its Additional Commissioner Jakir Hossain addressed the meeting as chief and special guests respectively with Deputy Commissioner Hamidul Haque in the chair.

Divisional Director of Bangladesh Investment Development Authority Benjamin Riazi, Additional Director of Department of Agriculture Extension Deb Dulal Dhali, Superintendent of Police Abdus Salam, President of Bangladesh Silk Industries Owners Association Liakat Ali and Editor of Daily Sonar Desh Akbarul Hassan Millat also spoke.

Commissioner Rahman urged the committee members to extend their whole- hearted cooperation towards need-based training and bank-loan for the sake of creation of entrepreneurs in each district of the division.

He also stressed the need of devising ways and means on how to create more investment in all the potential fields.

Reviewing the existing problems with regard to setting up local enterprises and possible solutions to those, he sought cooperation of all the authorities concerned for flourishing industrial sector.

He dwelt on various issues like trade and business, industry, agriculture, power supply, import and export, SME development and expansion and bank interest rate. Highlighting the enormous potential of the silk along with establishing agro-processing industry, Rahman said the business promotion organizations could extend financial and technical support to this sector for proper utilisation of the agro-products.

Referring to the agriculture sector, he observed that surplus production of vegetables and other seasonal fruits could be utilised properly through setting up agro-based export-processing zone in the region.