CHATTOGRAM, Feb 16: A month-long 31st Chattogram International Trade Fair (CITF) began on Thursday on the Railway Polo Grounds in Tigerpass of the city.
State Minister for Commerce Ahasanul Islam Titu inaugurated the fair as the chief guest. Education Minister Barrister Mohibul Hasan Chowdhury Nawfel attended the inauguration ceremony via digital platform.
MA Latif, MP, member of Parliamentary Standing Committee of Shipping Ministry, was present as the special guest and FBCCI President Mahbubul Alam present as the guest of honour at the inauguration ceremony.
In the fair, there are 16 premier pavilions, 56 premier stalls, 94 gold stalls, 48 mega stalls, 11 food stalls, 400 stalls in 3 zones participating in the four lakh square feet CITF. Entrepreneurs and businessmen from India, Thailand, and Iran will display their products. The fair will run from 10 am to 10 pm and Ticket price is Tk 20 per person. The fair will run till March 15.
Since 1993, the centenary trade organization Chattogram Chamber has been organizing CITF to promote local products. This time also small and medium entrepreneurs from different regions of the country will display their products. Millions of people will visit this fair and collect their favourite products.
The fair will have Bangabandhu Pavilion. It will have the autobiography of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, books and publications about the Liberation War with the help of the Batighor.
Chattogram Chamber President Omar Hazzaz, CITF Co-Chairman Ahid Siraj Chowdhury Swapan, Anjan Shekhar Dash, Zahirul Islam Chowdhury Alamgir, PHP Director Aktar Parvez Hiru and others were also present at the time.
