36th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Bangladesh Chamber of Industries (BCI) 2021-2022 was held on Tuesday in the board room.
The meeting was presided over by Anwar-ul Alam Chowdhury (Parvez), President of BCI, reads a press release.
President expressed his gratefulness to all concerned present in the meeting. Senior Vice-president Priti Chakraborty, Vice-President Shahidul Islam Niru, directors and many members were present in the meeting.
Taking part in the discussions some of the members focused on the development and promotion of micro, small, cottage and light engineering, agro-based industry sector, one-stop service in the industry sector and different issues of problems of financing.
President minutely heard all problems and assured to extend all-out cooperation to solve the problems.
President said: “We have to work unitedly and being the sole and exclusive chamber we all have to play our appropriate roles to remove all sorts of obstacles and impediments for the development of local industries all over the countries.”
“BCI will continue its efforts to create new entrepreneurs, light engineering and agro-based industries. We are advancing despite the coronavirus and Ukraine crisis,” he added.
The present tax system is not in favour of industrial development. Loss in business is not considered during tax fixation, gross profit is considered sector wise which is not reasonable.
Of the crises of the coronavirus and Russia-Ukraine war, about 40% of SMEs have dropped out for not being resilient to survive. We have to come forward to protect them.
BCI President said that they are expecting and trying to bring the rate of poverty to zero by 2030 and the country will be transferred into a developed one by 2041. He urged all directors and members of BCI to take the challenges of 4IR and work together to face them.
He also urged all to be economical in using electricity, gas and water etc.