Industries ministry to help build smart cities: Amu
BSTI observes World Standards Day
The industries ministry is working with the authorities of Dhaka and other cities to build smart cities in the country, Industries Minister Amir Hossain Amu said yesterday.
Many unplanned cities have been developed and now the industries ministry has started working to build aesthetic cities, he said.
“The government has kept Dhaka at the centre of all these work and the BSTI of the industries ministry is also contributing to the effort.”
The minister spoke at a discussion on “Standards make cities smarter”, to mark World Standards Day. Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI) organised the event at its office in Dhaka.
Mohammad Sayeed Khokon, mayor of Dhaka south city corporation; Shafiul Islam Mohiuddin, president of the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry, and Md Saiful Hasib, director general of BSTI, also spoke.