116 businessmen to receive CIP cards Wednesday
Dhaka, Sep 11 (UNB) – The Ministry of Commerce will formally award the Commercially Important Person (CIP) status to 116 businessmen on Wednesday for the year 2011 in recognition of their outstanding contributions to the country's export earnings and economy.
The CIP cards will be formally handed over to the businessmen at a ceremony at Sonargaon Hotel.
Commerce Minister GM Quader will be present as the chief guest at the programme to distribute the CIP cards among the recipients.
Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Commerce Ministry ABM Abul Kashem and president of the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FBCCI) AK Azad will be present as special guests. Commerce Secretary Mohammad Ghulam Hossain will preside over the function.
Talking to UNB, EPB vice-chairman Shubhashish Bose said the CIP status holders for 2011 will enjoy their due facilities till declaration of the CIP for 2012.
For awarding the CIP status, the ministry in cooperation with the EPB selected 78 business personalities from 17 export sectors, and the rest 38 from different chamber bodies under ex-officio category, said officials at the Export Promotion Bureau (EPB).
The EPB sets a sector-wise export ceiling, but loan defaults, payment of income tax and some other details are taken into account in the selection process.
The major export sectors under which the CIP status will be given include raw jute, jute goods, raw hide (crust and finished), leather and leather goods, readymade garments (woven and knitwear), frozen foods, dehydrated, salted and other fishes, agricultural products and agro-processed foods, handicrafts, computer software, specialized textile/home textile, ceramics, melamine, plastic products and others.
The CIP status recipients will enjoy different facilities like pass for entrance to the Secretariat, invitation to national programmes and municipal corporations, priority in ticket booking in Biman for overseas travel, reservation of seats in government transports like for railway, road and waterway, and VIP status at airports.
Earlier, the government awarded the CIP status to 123 businesspersons in 2010 in both the industrial and ex-officio category.
The List of CIP 2011 (export-category) are: Sujit Kumar Bhattacharya and M Selim Reza (raw jute), Sheikh Nasir Uddin, Najmul Haque, M Humayun Kabir and Kazi Nabil Ahmed (jute goods), M Abdul Mazed and M Shamsur Rahman (leather, crust and finished), M Saiful Islam, M Nazmul Hasan (Sohel) and M Joynal Abedin Bhuiyan (leather goods), Alhaj Abdul Jabbar Molla, M Touhidur Rahman, Habib Ullah Khan, Mohitul Islam, Yasmin Khan, Kazi Shahnewaz, Mia Mohammad Abdus Salam, Mia Mohammad Akhtaruzzaman (Russell), M Masudur Rahman and SM Mizanur Rahman (frozen foods), Prakash Ranjan Das Gupta (Dehydrated, salted and other fishes), Arshad Jamal, Ahsan Kabir Khan, M Azizul Islam, Abdus Salam Murshedy, Mujibur Rahman, Maj (retd) Abdul Mannan and M Atikul Islam (woven garment), Sri Gobinda Chandra Saha, Sri Gokul Chandra Saha, Mohammad Sahab Uddin and Tafhim Al-Azmi (agricultural products), Ahsan Khan Chowdhury, Maj Gen (retd) Amjad Khan Chowdhury, Anjan Chowdhury and Abdul Motaleb (agro-processed food), Shafiqul Alam Selim, Golam Ahsan and M Zakir Hossain (handicrafts), ASM Mohiuddin Monem (computer software), M Nurul Islam, Masud Dowd Akbani and Muhammad Muhsin (Specialised textile/home textile), Samuel S Chowdhury, Fakir Akhtaruzzaman, Masum Pathan, KM Rezaul Hasanat, Abdul Wahed, Gowhar Siraj Jamil, Nazim Uddin Ahmed, M Mahbubur Rahman, Asif Moin, Mohiuddin Faruki, Mahamudar Rahim Ali Taha, Subir Kumar Dey, M Borhan Uddin, Anjan Sekhar Das, Alhaj Mohammad Shafi, Begum Sultana Jahan, Rakibul Kabir, Itemad Ud Dowla, Haji Abdul Majid Mandal, Alhaj Khalilur Rahman, Salahuddin Alamgir, M Asadul Islam, ABM Shamsuddin and M Jahangir Alam Khan (Knitwear).
Nazmul Hasan, Iftekhar Uddin Farhad and M Razzab Sharif (melamine), Humayun Kabir (Bablu), (plastic products), Begum Nur-e-Yasmin Fatema, M Monir Hossain, M Parvez Rahman, Alhaj M Helal Mia, M Abdul Awal and Abul Bashar (others).
CIP (Trade): Golam Moinuddin, Hasin Ahmed, Hossain Khaled, M Hashen Ali, SM Nurul Huq, AKM Nurul Fazal Bulbul, M Abdul Hye Sarker, Abdul Muktadir, Maksudur Rahman, M Fazlul Haque, Nizamuddin Ahmed, Mostafa Azad Chowdhury Babu, M Momtaz Uddin, Ahmed Jamal, Alhaj Shamsul Haque, Nurul Huda Mukut, M Abdus Shahid, M Sirajul Haque, M Jalal Uddin Ahmed (Yamin), Monwara Hakim Ali, M Jahangir Akand Selim, M Najibor Rahman, M Golam Mostafa Talukder, M Nagibul Islam Dipu, M Jasim Uddin, Mir Nizam Uddin Ahmed, Abu Alam Chowdhury, Abdul Haque, Obaidur Rahman, Abdur Razzaque, Alhaj Harun-ur-Rashid, M Helal Uddin, M Jalal Uddin, KM Akhtaruzzaman, Anwar Hossain, M Rabbani Jabbar and MA Momen (Directors, FBCCI).
The CIP cards will be formally handed over to the businessmen at a ceremony at Sonargaon Hotel.
Commerce Minister GM Quader will be present as the chief guest at the programme to distribute the CIP cards among the recipients.
Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Commerce Ministry ABM Abul Kashem and president of the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FBCCI) AK Azad will be present as special guests. Commerce Secretary Mohammad Ghulam Hossain will preside over the function.
Talking to UNB, EPB vice-chairman Shubhashish Bose said the CIP status holders for 2011 will enjoy their due facilities till declaration of the CIP for 2012.
For awarding the CIP status, the ministry in cooperation with the EPB selected 78 business personalities from 17 export sectors, and the rest 38 from different chamber bodies under ex-officio category, said officials at the Export Promotion Bureau (EPB).
The EPB sets a sector-wise export ceiling, but loan defaults, payment of income tax and some other details are taken into account in the selection process.
The major export sectors under which the CIP status will be given include raw jute, jute goods, raw hide (crust and finished), leather and leather goods, readymade garments (woven and knitwear), frozen foods, dehydrated, salted and other fishes, agricultural products and agro-processed foods, handicrafts, computer software, specialized textile/home textile, ceramics, melamine, plastic products and others.
The CIP status recipients will enjoy different facilities like pass for entrance to the Secretariat, invitation to national programmes and municipal corporations, priority in ticket booking in Biman for overseas travel, reservation of seats in government transports like for railway, road and waterway, and VIP status at airports.
Earlier, the government awarded the CIP status to 123 businesspersons in 2010 in both the industrial and ex-officio category.
The List of CIP 2011 (export-category) are: Sujit Kumar Bhattacharya and M Selim Reza (raw jute), Sheikh Nasir Uddin, Najmul Haque, M Humayun Kabir and Kazi Nabil Ahmed (jute goods), M Abdul Mazed and M Shamsur Rahman (leather, crust and finished), M Saiful Islam, M Nazmul Hasan (Sohel) and M Joynal Abedin Bhuiyan (leather goods), Alhaj Abdul Jabbar Molla, M Touhidur Rahman, Habib Ullah Khan, Mohitul Islam, Yasmin Khan, Kazi Shahnewaz, Mia Mohammad Abdus Salam, Mia Mohammad Akhtaruzzaman (Russell), M Masudur Rahman and SM Mizanur Rahman (frozen foods), Prakash Ranjan Das Gupta (Dehydrated, salted and other fishes), Arshad Jamal, Ahsan Kabir Khan, M Azizul Islam, Abdus Salam Murshedy, Mujibur Rahman, Maj (retd) Abdul Mannan and M Atikul Islam (woven garment), Sri Gobinda Chandra Saha, Sri Gokul Chandra Saha, Mohammad Sahab Uddin and Tafhim Al-Azmi (agricultural products), Ahsan Khan Chowdhury, Maj Gen (retd) Amjad Khan Chowdhury, Anjan Chowdhury and Abdul Motaleb (agro-processed food), Shafiqul Alam Selim, Golam Ahsan and M Zakir Hossain (handicrafts), ASM Mohiuddin Monem (computer software), M Nurul Islam, Masud Dowd Akbani and Muhammad Muhsin (Specialised textile/home textile), Samuel S Chowdhury, Fakir Akhtaruzzaman, Masum Pathan, KM Rezaul Hasanat, Abdul Wahed, Gowhar Siraj Jamil, Nazim Uddin Ahmed, M Mahbubur Rahman, Asif Moin, Mohiuddin Faruki, Mahamudar Rahim Ali Taha, Subir Kumar Dey, M Borhan Uddin, Anjan Sekhar Das, Alhaj Mohammad Shafi, Begum Sultana Jahan, Rakibul Kabir, Itemad Ud Dowla, Haji Abdul Majid Mandal, Alhaj Khalilur Rahman, Salahuddin Alamgir, M Asadul Islam, ABM Shamsuddin and M Jahangir Alam Khan (Knitwear).
Nazmul Hasan, Iftekhar Uddin Farhad and M Razzab Sharif (melamine), Humayun Kabir (Bablu), (plastic products), Begum Nur-e-Yasmin Fatema, M Monir Hossain, M Parvez Rahman, Alhaj M Helal Mia, M Abdul Awal and Abul Bashar (others).
CIP (Trade): Golam Moinuddin, Hasin Ahmed, Hossain Khaled, M Hashen Ali, SM Nurul Huq, AKM Nurul Fazal Bulbul, M Abdul Hye Sarker, Abdul Muktadir, Maksudur Rahman, M Fazlul Haque, Nizamuddin Ahmed, Mostafa Azad Chowdhury Babu, M Momtaz Uddin, Ahmed Jamal, Alhaj Shamsul Haque, Nurul Huda Mukut, M Abdus Shahid, M Sirajul Haque, M Jalal Uddin Ahmed (Yamin), Monwara Hakim Ali, M Jahangir Akand Selim, M Najibor Rahman, M Golam Mostafa Talukder, M Nagibul Islam Dipu, M Jasim Uddin, Mir Nizam Uddin Ahmed, Abu Alam Chowdhury, Abdul Haque, Obaidur Rahman, Abdur Razzaque, Alhaj Harun-ur-Rashid, M Helal Uddin, M Jalal Uddin, KM Akhtaruzzaman, Anwar Hossain, M Rabbani Jabbar and MA Momen (Directors, FBCCI).
Comments
No Comments on this News
