Business Desk :
Bangladesh Malaysia Chamber of Commerce and Industries (BMCCI) laid emphasis on strengthening ties with Malaysia through government, private sector and chamber of commerce collaborations.
The chamber made the observation while visiting a business delegation under the leadership of Shabbir A Khan, BMCCI President, from February 20th to 22nd 2024, said a press release on Monday.
The other members of the delegation are the Vice President of BMCCI Mahbubul Alam, Secretary General, Motaher Hoshan Khan, Joint Secretary General, Rubaiyat Ahsan, Director, Mahbub Alam Shah and Former President of BMCCI Syed Moazzam Hossain.
The First Secretary (Commercial) of the Bangladesh High Commission Pranab Kumar Ghosh also accompanied the delegation during their meetings.
BMCCI delegation had dialogues with prominent figures, including the Chief Executive Officers and Senior Officials of Malaysian counterparts such as Malaysia Digital Economic Corporation (MDEC), Malaysia External Trade Development Corporation (MATRADE), Malaysia International Halal Showcase (MIHAS) Secretariat, Education Malaysia Global Services (EMGS), Malaysia Healthcare Travel Council (MHTC), Tourism Malaysia, SME Corporation Malaysia, and Malaysia South-South Association (MASSA).
These engagements served to accelerate and enhance the bilateral trade & investment between Bangladesh and Malaysia, fostering stronger economic ties and facilitating the exchange of commercial opportunities between the two nations.
Md Shameem Ahsan, the High Commissioner of Bangladesh to Malaysia, was kind enough to have an audience of the BMCCI delegation, commending their proactive approach to elevating Bangladesh’s business relations to unprecedented levels.
BMCCI met MDEC to approach for joining Bangladesh in the road to achieve SMART Bangladesh with their expertise and proven knowledge.
The BMCCI delegation further discussed helping Bangladesh for skill development to take part in the growing semiconductor industries in Malaysia and around while there is a shortage of skill engineers to work on such industries and Bangladesh can take opportunity by preparing skill engineers to export.
MDEC accepted both the proposals to consider actively and soon, a high level delegation will pay a visit to Bangladesh with definite intention and proposal to evaluate the possibility of joining the road to SMART Bangladesh.
