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Vol. 5 Num 677 Tue. April 25, 2006  
   
Business


Dhaka motor show kicks off Thursday


Dhaka Motor Show 2006 will begin on Thursday at Bangladesh-China Friendship Conference Centre.

Leading distributors and dealers of cars and motorcycles along with banks, insurance companies, lubricant companies and automotive component manufacturers and importers will showcase their products and services in the fair, organisers told a press conference in Dhaka yesterday.

Conference and Exhibition Management Services (Cems) Ltd will organise the three-day exhibition that will come to an end on April 29.

A total of 60 companies are expected to showcase their products at 250 stalls. The exhibition will remain open to visitors from 10:00 am to 8:30pm.

Standard Chartered Bank is the partner of the auto show while Lucas, Castrol and Dunlop are the co-sponsors. SouthAsia Enterprise Development Facility (SEDF), Gulf Air, F1 Management and Bangladesh Motor Sports Club are the associate partners.

Banglalink is the telecoms partner and NTV and The Daily Star are the media partners of the event.

The entry fee for the fair has been fixed at Tk 20 a person.

Seminars will also be organised on the side lines of the show. Meanwhile, a motor sport event titled 'Eastern Bank Treasure Hunt Challenge' will take place on April 28.

Director of Cems Shahed S Sarwar, Managing Director Meherun N Islam, Director of RahimAfrooz Distributions Ltd Niaz Rahim, and Head of Corporate of Standard Chartered Bank Shah Mahmood Imam were present at the briefing.

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Managing Director of Conference and Exhibition Management Services Meherun N Islam announces the schedule of Dhaka Motor Show 2006 at a press conference in the capital yesterday. The three-day exhibition begins on Thursday at Bangladesh-China Friendship Conference Centre. PHOTO: STAR