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PM Hasina inaugurates Bangladesh's World Trade Center

Xinhua, January 30, 2016 Adjust font size:

Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Saturday inaugurated the country's World Trade Centre (WTC) in southeastern seaport city Chittagong, some 242 km away from capital Dhaka.

With the setting up of the 300-foot high and 24-storey centre, Bangladesh has now become part of a global network spanning over 100 countries.

Addressing the inaugural ceremony, Hasina expressed the hope that the center will act as a catalyst for local and foreign organisations to network and explore new joint ventures and collaborations in their new initiatives.

Chittagong Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI), an association of leading businessmen, constructed the centre as a part of the global network of World Trade Centers Association (WTCA) as well as a global hub for international business, which offer facilities and services associated with global commerce under one umbrella.

The center is expected to be a platform where the businesses from home and abroad would converge to stimulate trade and investment opportunities, CCCI President Mahbubul Alam said.

He had earlier told journalists that the WTC aimed at facilitating trade and commerce of the country from Chittagong, which is considered as the commercial hub of this region with the country's premier seaport.

He said the chamber obtained license from the New York- based World Trade Centres Association for the WTC in Chittagong.

He said the center houses banks, exhibition hall, shopping mall, food court, IT zone, International Trade Institute, International standard convention hall, meeting room, among others, to offer all kinds of business related services. Endit