& çâÌæÚUæð´ ·¤è ¥ôÚU Îð¹Ùæ ÁæÚUè ÚU¹ð´ ¥ÍæüÌ ¥ÂÙð ÜÿØ ÂÚU ŠØæÙ ÚU¹ð´Ð ãæÚU Ù ×æÙð´, €UØô´ç·¤ ·¤æ× ·¤ÚUÙð âð ¥æÂ·¤ô ©gðàØ ·¤è Âýæç# ãôÌè ãñ ¥õÚU ÁèßÙ ·¤æ ¹æÜèÂÙ ÎêÚU ãôÌæ ãñÐ ÖÜð ãè ÁèßÙ ×ð´ ç·¤ÌÙè Öè ·¤çÆÙæ§ü €UØô´ Ù ¥æ°, çÁ™ææâæ ¥õÚU ©ˆâæã ÕÙæ° ÚU¹ð´Ð ŠØæÙ ÚU¹ð´, ÜÿØ ã×ðàææ ¥æÂ·Ô¤ Âæâ ãôÌð ãñ´ çÁ‹ãð´ ÂæÙð ·Ô¤ çÜ° ÂýØæâ ¥æÂ ·¤Öè Öè àæéM¤ ·¤ÚU â·¤Ìð ãñ´Ð

Textile fair begins today

STAR BUSINESS REPORT
A three-day textile fair, Texbangla 2004, begins today at Dhaka Sheraton Hotel to showcase exquisite products made of locally produced yarn and fabrics.
Prime Minister Khaleda Zia is scheduled to inaugurate the fair organised by the Bangladesh Textile Mills Association (BTMA).
'Made in Bangladesh' is the theme of the exposition that will emphasise the role textile products play in the national economy, BTMA Chairman MA Awal said speaking at a press conference in Dhaka yesterday.
He reiterated the local textile millers' demand for a $1.5 billion special fund for the development of backward linkage industries to face the challenges in the international market in the quota free trade regime.
Highlighting the contribution of local textiles to export-oriented garment industry, Awal said EU
countries prefer least developed countries who produce international standard garment products using their own fabrics.
About Bangladesh's prospect of having a bigger market following the enlargement of EU with 10 more countries joining the economic bloc next month, the BTMA chief said, "It would be a very big market for Bangladesh."
Speaking on the issue of central bonded warehouse which is a long drawn demand of ready made garment exporters, he said there is no need of setting up a central bonded warehouse to reduce lead time of export.
"Setting up of backward linkage industry is only way to cut lead time," he suggested.
About Texbangla 2004, the BTMA leader said, "The exhibition will display world class textile products manufactured in Bangladesh."
In the exhibition a total of 32 companies will display cotton and
blended yarn for knitting and weaving, cotton and acrylic yarn for sweater, knitted fabrics, dyed yarn of cotton and blend, home textile, dyed and printed cotton and blended fabric.
Of the total RMG export of $5 billion, the contribution of local textile mills is about $2 billion, BTMA leaders said. They meet 90 percent of total requirements in knit and 40 percent of the total requirements in cotton fabrics.
BTMA Vice-chairmen Abdul Hai Sarker, Akram Khan and Anwarul Haque, Secretary General Shawkat Hossain and Executive Committee members MA Mannan, Tajul Islam Dhali, Ahmed Ali and Ashraf Hossain Bakul were present at the press conference.
The exhibition will remain open from 10am to 9pm until Thursday to the visitors.