Bangladesh, under the visionary leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, would be hosting Commonwealth B2B connectivity conference during the Mujib Barsho in November 2020, reports BSS.
The date coincides with the Father of the Nation’s attendance of the first Commonwealth Summit on August 2-10 in 1973 and would be a symbol of “Bangabandhur Sonar Bangla prosperity aspirations,” said Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi, according to a media release on Saturday.
The commerce minister attended the Commonwealth Trade Ministers’ Meeting held in London from October 7-10. The meeting was chaired by the UK Secretary of State for International Trade Rt. Elizabeth Truss, MP, and attended by 53 commonwealth countries and more than 30 commerce ministers.
Bangladesh has been nominated as the lead country for commonwealth Business to Business connectivity cluster by consensus. In his statement, the commerce minister proposed Bangladesh’s leadership
role in creating a Commonwealth Digital Business to Business connectivity hub and digital trade platform with the participation of apex chambers and business associations of 53 commonwealth countries which would also include women entrepreneurs’ network and youth innovation hubs and market place to promote intra-commonwealth trade. The commerce minister led a four-member delegation along with senior officials from the Ministry of Commerce of Bangladesh. Bangladesh High Commissioner to the UK Saida Muna Tasneem was also present in the meeting.