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20 industrial units get ‘President’s Industrial Development Award’

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City Desk :
Twenty industrial units under six categories have received ‘President’s Industrial Development Award-2021’ for their outstanding contribution to the national economy.

Industries Minister Nurul Majid Mahmud Humayun on Thursday handed over the awards as the chief guest at a function at Osmani Memorial auditorium in the city while Agriculture Minister Dr Md Abdus Shahid and Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industries (FBCCI) President Mahbubul Alam attended the function as special guests.

Senior Secretary of the Industries Ministry Zakia Sultana presided over the function.

In his speech, Nurul Majid Mahmud Humayun highlighted the ministry’s ongoing efforts to sustain industrial dynamism by establishing new factories, modernising old ones and upgrading machinery.

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This initiative aims to encourage industrial entrepreneurs to improve the quality of their products and contribute further to the nation’s economic growth, he added.

Under the leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, he said, Bangladesh is moving forward to become a developed country.

In the last one decade, unprecedented infrastructural development has been achieved in the country, he added.

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