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Nordic cos in Bangladesh to launch business chamber tomorrow
Diplomatic Correspondent
The Nordic Chamber of Commerce and Industry will be launched in Dhaka on Tuesday, according to a news release of the NCCI.
Nordic companies in Bangladesh have formed the NCCI for establishing a platform to promote and serve the Nordic business community here, to provide a platform for creating and safeguarding new business opportunities and to promote bilateral trade, services and investments between the Nordic countries and Bangladesh, and reportedly also to help improve the business and ethical environment.
The founding members and sponsors of the NCCI include ERICSSON, Telenor, Brummer & Partners, Logic Management Consulting, Arla, Magnus and Maersk.
Commerce minister Muhammad Faruk Khan and Norway’s environment and development cooperation minister Erik Solheim will jointly inaugurate the launching at a function in the Westin Hotel on Tuesday.
Foreign affairs secretary Mohammed Mijarul Quayes and ambassadors Svend Offing of Denmark, Ragne Birte Lund of Norway and Anneli Lindahl Kenny of Sweden will also attend the function.
The ambassadors said in a joint statement on Sunday that the NCCI will be an important step for encouraging and enhancing trade between the Nordic countries and Bangladesh, the news release said.
Membership of the NCCI is open for all Nordic individuals and all legal entities registered in a Nordic country or in Bangladesh, at least 20 per cent of which are owned by Nordic companies.
Erik Solheim will be in Dhaka today (Monday) for a two-day official visit. He will visit a ship-breaking yard in Chittagong and a disaster management project at Char Kukri Mukri in Bhola. He will also call on finance minister AMA Muhith.
