Business advisory council meeting of ESCAP held in Hong Kong

Mahbubur Rahman, chairman of ESCAP Business Advisory Council (EBAC), left Dhaka for Cyberport in Hong Kong on Sunday to attend the fifth meeting of the council and the Asia-Pacific Business Forum 2018.

Rahman, also president of International Chamber of Commerce Bangladesh (ICCB), delivered the opening remarks at the EBAC meeting yesterday.

The leader of the delegation of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), Rahman will deliver the welcome address today at the APBF 2018 that will end tomorrow.

The delegation includes ICCB Vice President Rokia Afzal Rahman, executive board members Anwar-Ul-Alam Chowdhury, Kutubuddin Ahmed and Md Fazlul Hoque, members Mohd Arshad Ali, Asif Ibrahim and Mohammad Shahjahan Khan and Secretary General Ataur Rahman along with Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry President Abul Kasem Khan.

Rokia Afzal and Ibrahim attended the EBAC meeting as members.

The delegation is expected to return on Friday.

The APBF aims to strengthen business engagement in achieving inclusive and sustainable development in the Asia-Pacific region.

Specifically, it will discuss how private sector-led innovation, technology and financing can enhance efforts towards achieving the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda and associated Sustainable Development Goals.