The board of governors approved all the seven items on the agenda of the meeting held at the International Conference Centre (ICC) with Prime Minister Khaleda Zia in the chair.

After the meeting, Bepza Executive Chairman Brig Gen Ashraf Abdullah Yussuf disclosed the items approved at the meeting.

The items are the organogram of Bepza, security outsourcing in EPZs, expansion of Comilla EPZ, Bringing 184-acre land of Chittagong Steel Mills under Karnaphuli EPZ, installation of underground water network in Chittagong EPZ, setting up a container terminal on the Shitalakhya river beside Adamjee EPZ and construction of two hospitals in Dhaka and Chittagong EPZs.

The Bepza executive chairman told journalists that Prime Minister Khaleda Zia would inaugurate Karnaphuli EPZ by the end of this month.

In the meeting, the prime minister appreciated the new Bepza executive chairman for successfully handling the recent unrest in some garment industries in DEPZ and hoped that his efforts would continue to accelerate the progress of the EPZs.

Finance Minister M Saifur Rahman, Industries Minister Matiur Rahman Nizami, Foreign Minister M Morshed Khan, Communications Minister Nazmul Huda, Commerce Minister Hafizuddin Ahmed, State Minister for Power Anwarul Kabir Talukder, State Minister for Shipping Kamrul Islam, State Minister for Civil Aviation Mirza Fakhrul

Islam Alamgir, State Minister for Land Ukil Abdus Sattar, Advisor to the Energy Ministry Mahmudur Rahman and Prime Minister's Political Secretary Harris Chowdhury among others, attended the meeting.