FBCCI president urges political parties to shun violent activities

Business Desk :
Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) president Mahbubul Alam on Tuesday urged the opposition political parties to shun all kinds of violent activities for the sake of national economy.

“A very stable political and economic environment has been prevailing in the country for the last few years, which is very important for business, trade and economy,” he said.

“But, due to the recent violent activities of political parties, the country’s business, trade and investment are at risk. At the same time, there is a deliberate attempt to create chaos in the ready-made garment sector,” he added.

Mahbubul made the request while chairing a view-exchange meeting with the business leaders from various sectors, economists and former leaders of FBCCI on the prevailing trade and economic situation of the country.

The meeting was held at the Gulshan office of the FBCCI presided over by its president Mahbubul Alam. The meeting discussed various issues including ongoing political violence, dollar crisis, inflation, control of import of luxury goods, bank loans, foreign exchange reserves, ensuring business friendly environment and opening up of LCs.

Stating that the country’s political unrest is pushing the national economy to uncertainty, the FBCCI president said the prevailing situation is severely disrupting the country’s supply chain and thus affecting production, market prices and export and services sectors as well.

Mahbubul said that the wage board was formed earlier based on the demands of the workers and employees in the garment sector and it fixed the fresh wages following discussions with both the workers and employers terming it as a very positive step.

“Despite this, attempts are being made to create chaos in the ready-made garment sector,” he said, adding that the genuine workers could never be involved in any destructive activity.