136 to get CIP cards today

The government will today award CIP (commercially important person) cards to 136 businesspersons for 2015 in export and trade categories for their extraordinary performance and contribution to the country.

Of them, 94 will receive the card in the export category while 42 cards will be awarded to the directors of the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry in the trade category.

The commerce ministry and the Export Promotion Bureau will jointly distribute the cards among the winners at a hotel in Dhaka.

The volume and value of shipments, tax payment, compliances, initiatives aimed at saving the environment and corporate social responsibility are considered during the selection of the awardees.

The sectors which have been considered for the awards are woven and knitwear garment items, pharmaceuticals, handicrafts, specialised and home textile, agro-products and agro-processed foods, frozen food, finished leather and leather goods, raw jute and jute goods, textile fabrics and miscellaneous.