Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) in cooperation with Trust Bank Limited and Business Initiative Leading Development (BUILD) organised a seminar on 'SMEs - a Catalyst of D-8 Economy' at a hotel in Dhaka to mark the D-8 Industries Ministers' conference.

One hundred fifty representatives from government officials, academics and private sector organisations from Bangladesh, Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, Malaysia, Nigeria, Pakistan and Turkey participated in the seminar.

Industries Minister Dilip Barua attended the seminar as chief guest. Asif Ibrahim, DCCI president presided over the seminar recently. Widi Agoes Pratikto, D-8 Secretary General and Shah Alam Sarwar, Managing Director and CEO of Trust Bank Ltd. were present as special guests.

Dr. Toufic Ahmad Choudhury, Director General, Bangladesh Institute of Bank Management (BIBM) presented the keynote paper on 'Bangladesh perspective and scope of co-operation' portraying the present scenario of SMEs of the D-8 countries.

Ferdaus Ara Begum, CEO of BUILD, made a presentation on 'Public-private dialogue for private sector development'.

News: The Daily Sun/Bangladesh/11th-Oct-12