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RAJSHAHI, Dec 1, 2025 (BSS) - A 10-day BSCIC Entrepreneurs Fair-2025 began in 
Rajshahi on Monday with a call to boost the economic condition of the region 
through increased promotion of its industrial sector.
 
District office of the Bangladesh Small and Cottage Industries Corporation 
(BSCIC) is hosting the fair on the Lalon Open Stage adjacent to the bank of 
the river Padma.
 
A spectrum of locally produced industrial goods, including leather products, 
jute-made products, processed agricultural products, electrical and 
electronic goods, clothes, design and fashion wares and other products are 
being displayed at 70 stalls set up at the fair.
 
Commissioner of Rajshahi division Dr ANM Bazlur Rashid opened the fair 
through balloons and festoons and addressed the opening ceremony as the chief 
guest.
 
With Deputy Commissioner of Rajshahi Afia Akhter in the chair, the inaugural 
ceremony was addressed, among others, by Deputy Inspector General of Police 
Dr Muhammad Shahjahan, Superintendent of Police Naimul Hassan, BSCIC Regional 
Director Zafar Bayazid and its Deputy General Manager Rafiqul Islam. 

Dr ANM Bazlur Rashid, who is also Administrator of Rajshahi City Corporation, 
said the present interim government has been ensuring a business-friendly 
atmosphere to encourage local entrepreneurs to revitalize the sector.
 
Time-fitting measures are being taken to revive the region's industrial 
sector, including the cottage industries as these play a vital role in 
economic development.
 
He said that handlooms and cottage goods symbolised the true craftsmanship of 
the Bangladeshi artisans.
 
Various artisan communities are scattered throughout the country, communities 
consisting of people who solely depend on their crafts as a primary source of 
income.
 
Dr Bazlur Rashid underscored the need for hosting more fairs of such types to 
protect the handicrafts goods from diminishing further.
 
In his remarks, Dr Muhammad Shahjahan said that additional investment in this 
sector is very important to bolster the economic condition of both urban and 
rural areas and to rid the society from the vicious circle of poverty.
 
He underscored the need for organizing more such types of fair to protect the 
handicrafts goods from further diminishing.
 
BSCIC Regional Director Zafar Bayazid told the meeting that the fair had been 
organised in order to increase the visibility of handloom and cottage 
industrial goods through preserving and encouraging the practices of local 
artisans.
 
The fair will remain open from 10.00 am to 9.00 pm every day.