China to give $9m to build exhibition centre
Unb, Dhaka
China will provide Bangladesh with a grant assistance of about US$ 9 million to construct Bangladesh-China Friendship Exhibition Centre (BCFEC) beside Bangladesh-China Friendship Conference Centre at Sher-e-Bangla Nagar in the city.China will also provide an interest-free loan of US$ 2.24 million to Bangladesh for project to be identified later. Two separate agreements were signed in these regards at the Economic Relations Division (ERD) yesterday under the Economic and Technical Cooperation between the two countries. ERD Secretary Aminul Islam Bhuiyan and Chinese Assistant Minister for Commerce Wang Chao signed the agreements on behalf of their governments. Bangladesh has decided to construct the permanent exhibition centre to promote trade through facilitating manufacturers, exporters, suppliers and exhibitors to compare their products with others, the signing ceremony was told. It would also help create "shop windows" for importers, customers and consumers to have insight into the commodities and their applications.
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