The 29th Dhaka International Trade Fair (DITF)-2025 is starting tomorrow, January 1, at the Bangladesh-China Friendship Exhibition Center in Purbachal.
The fair will be inaugurated at 10 am in Purbachal by the Interim Government’s Chief Advisor, Professor Dr. Muhammad Yunus.
Commerce Advisor Sheikh Bashiruddin gave this information at a press conference organized at the fair premises on Tuesday (December 31, 2024) at noon on the occasion of the trade fair. During this, he answered various questions from journalists.
Secretary of the Ministry of Commerce Mohang Selim Uddin, Vice Chairman of the Export Promotion Bureau Md. Anwar Hossain and Additional Secretary of the Ministry of Commerce Md. Abdur Rahim Khan were present at the press conference.
In the presence of the Trade Adviser, an MoU was signed between the Export Promotion Bureau and Uber, an app-based service provider, to provide special discounts on passenger transport at the Dhaka International Trade Fair. Later, the Trade Adviser inaugurated the e-ticketing app for entry to the Dhaka International Trade Fair.
Like every year, this year too, the Ministry of Commerce and the Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) are jointly organizing this fair.
It was informed at the press conference that for the first time in this year’s trade fair, stall/pavilion spaces of different categories have been allocated online. E-ticketing has been arranged for the first time at the fair. In addition, for the convenience of buyers and visitors to the fair, Uber service is being added at a special discount along with the BRTC’s dedicated bus service.
In addition, July Square and Chhatrish Square have been created at the fair to honor the sacrifices of students and the public in the student movement against discrimination. Along with this, a youth pavilion has been created to encourage the country’s youth in export trade.
Initiatives have been taken to organize seminars on promising sectors/products at the fair this year. There will be a separate sourcing corner, electronics and furniture zones for the convenience of foreign entrepreneurs/organizations. A technology corner and a seating corner for senior citizens have been created for the convenience of age-based visitors. There will also be a children’s park at the fair for the pure entertainment of children.
It was also informed at the press conference that the trade fair is going to be held for the fourth time at the Bangladesh-China Friendship Exhibition Center in Purbachal. According to the layout plan of the fair, 361 pavilions/stalls/restaurants of different categories have been allocated in 100% transparency in favor of domestic manufacturing-exporting organizations, general business organizations and foreign organizations.
Local textiles, machineries, carpets, cosmetics and beauty aids, electrical and electronics, furniture, jute and jute products, home furnishings, leather/artificial leather and leather products including shoes, sports goods, sanitaryware, toys, stationery, crockery, plastic, melamine polymer, herbal, toiletries, imitation jewelry, processed food, fast food, handicraft products, home decor, etc. will be exhibited and sold at the fair.
A total of 11 companies from 07 countries, excluding Bangladesh, are participating in this year’s fair. The participating countries are – India, Pakistan, Turkey, Singapore, Indonesia, Hong Kong and Malaysia.
The exhibition center has a July square on the southeast side, a cultural center, technology corner, recreation corner on the southwest side, a children’s park on the northeast (6 acres) side of the center, and thirty-four squares and prayer rooms on the northwest side.
To ensure the overall security of the fair and the safety of visitors, a sufficient number of police, armed police battalion, RAB, intelligence agencies and other law enforcement agencies will be deployed in the fair premises. There will also be regular patrol teams outside the premises. Considering security priority, the necessary number of CCTVs have been installed at various important places of the fair premises, entry gates, parking areas and all related areas.
The issue of cleanliness has been considered with greater importance in this year’s fair. In addition to a sufficient number of separate toilets for men and women in the exhibition hall, an adequate number of toilets have been arranged outside the exhibition hall.
To control the quality of food products at the fair, a team formed by the Executive Magistrate and members of the law enforcement agencies will operate an anti-adulteration mobile court every day during the fair.
Doctors and patient care attendants will be present round the clock to provide free first aid and medical advice to visitors arriving at the fair.
The fair will have adequate car parking facilities. In addition to the two-story car parking building with parking facilities for more than 500 cars, parking has been arranged on 6 acres of land outside the exhibition hall.
A control room has been set up at the fair to monitor the overall activities of the fair and an information center to provide all kinds of information to visitors. There will be an adequate number of bank booths at the fair for banking services. There will be a mother and child center at the fair for mothers and children. Comfortable and elegant chairs/benches, sitting corners for senior citizens, etc. have been arranged for visitors to rest.
As before, the fair will run from 10:00 am to 9:00 pm throughout the month (until 10:00 pm on weekends).
