FBCCI has made several recommendations to Bangladesh Bank for the rehabilitation of the economy by providing policy support to involuntary defaulters, including controlling inflation, maintaining stable interest rates, maintaining normal dollar supply.
In addition, FBCCI has urged the central bank to take necessary steps to ensure a business-friendly environment in the country, including providing policy support to affected industries and factories, assisting entrepreneurs in dealing with foreign exchange losses, timely payment of export bills, and expansion of special credit facilities for SMEs and the agricultural sector.
On Sunday (January 26, 2025), FBCCI Administrator Md. Hafizur Rahman presented these recommendations at a view-exchange meeting of the FBCCI business delegation with Bangladesh Bank Governor Dr. Ahsan H. Mansur.
In the view-exchange meeting, business leaders placed special emphasis on bringing interest rates to single digits to maintain the competitiveness of local industries.
Bangladesh Bank Governor Dr. Ahsan H. Mansur said that Bangladesh Bank is working intensively to ensure discipline in the financial sector. He called for the support and cooperation of the business community in the interest of sustainable development of the economy.
The meeting was attended by former FBCCI President Mir Nasir Hossain, former FBCCI Vice President Abul Kashem Haider, former Director Abdul Haque, Md. Gias Uddin Chowdhury (Khokon), CEO of PRAN-RFL Group Ahsan Khan Chowdhury, former BGMEA President SM Fazlul Haque, FBCCI Secretary General Md. Alamgir, FBCCI General Council Members Zakir Hossain Nayon and Md. Zakir Hossain, among others.
