Chittagong Correspondent:

The centenary trade organization The Chittagong Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI) has taken the initiative to form 57 standing sub-committees. These sub-committees are being formed to involve the grassroots views of the business community in the activities of the chamber and to play an effective role in addressing the problems, crises and prospects of various sectors.

Confirming the matter, Chamber President Mohammad Amirul Haque said, "We want to give importance to the views of the grassroots in determining the problems, crises, prospects and actions of the multi-dimensional business, trade and investment of this township. We hope that these sub-committees will play an important role in establishing an inclusive and effective chamber."

According to chamber sources, interested members can submit their names for inclusion in the sub-committee of their choice by August 15. For this, members have been requested to send their names to the chamber's e-mail info@chittagongchamber.com.

The proposed sub-committees include LMD, Finance and Banking, Insurance, Ports, Shipping, Importers, Exporters, Policy Advocacy, Labour, Lighterage and Inland Water Transport, Food Grains, Salt and Spices, Edible/Cooking Oil, Industrialists, Building Materials, Taxation, Jute, Textiles, Small and Cottage Industries, Transport and Communication, Internal Trade, Women Entrepreneurship, Tourism and Hospitality, Environment, Energy and Power, Infrastructure Development, ICT, Research and Development, Poultry, Fisheries, Horticulture, AI, Startups, Sick Industry, Cost of Doing Business, Ease of Doing Business, WTO and Industrial Skill Development.

In addition, decentralization and administrative reforms, remittances, external business shocks, investment promotion, backward and forward linkages, international/bilateral trade, plastic industry, printing and packaging industries, hotels and restaurants, markets and shopping malls, bakery and confectionery, light engineering, green energy and carbon control, hospitals and diagnostic centers, leather and leather goods, roads and highways, steel and allied sectors, cement and garment accessories sectors will also be covered by these sub-committees.

The chamber's stakeholders believe that through these sub-committees based on various sectors, it will be possible to identify the problems and demands of businessmen and effectively present them to the relevant government and private authorities.

In addition, these committees will also play a role in formulating policy recommendations for expanding trade and investment.