Indian engineering exhibition kicks off

A three-day engineering exhibition— INDEE Bangladesh—began at International Convention City Bashundhara in Dhaka yesterday.

 Industries Minister Amir Hossain Amu inaugurated the fair, according to a statement.

The bilateral trade between Bangladesh and India reached around $7.5 billion in 2016-17 and the target to touch $10 billion by 2018 seems achievable, the minister said.

The Engineering Export Promotion Council (EEPC) of India, the apex engineering trade promotion organisation in India, organised the event with the support of the commerce ministry and Indian High Commission in Dhaka.

“Till date, EEPC India has organised 36 INDEEs in 26 nations across five continents and Dhaka hosts the 37th version of the event,” TS Bhasin, chairman of EEPC India, said in his welcome address at the event.

“More than 100 top Indian engineering companies will demonstrate the latest development in engineering before Bangladesh by displaying their products from different key segments.”

The exhibitors also displayed automobile, power, industrial machinery, domestic appliances, agricultural and food processing machinery, telecom, IT and IT related services, medical and scientific instruments at the show.

“Bangladesh is India's largest trading partner in South Asia and the trade is only rising further,” said Harsh Vardhan Shringla, Indian high commissioner to Dhaka.

BS Bhalla, joint secretary of the Indian commerce ministry, was also present.