21/11/2011
Govt plans to set up ‘samabaya bazaar’ across country
State Minister for local government, rural development and cooperatives (LGRD) Advocate Jahangir Kabir Nanak said the government has taken an initiative to set up samabaya bazaar, a kind of cooperative market, throughout the country under the Department of Co-operatives (DoC), reports BSS.
Under the initiative, the government will set up samabaya bazaar at each of the ward in the capital during the current fiscal year and subsequently at every upazila throughout the country, said the state minister for LGRD at a’ meet-the press’, organised at the CIRDAP auditorium here today on the eve of the 40th National Co- operative Day to be observed on November 19 (today).
“The government already has set up 80 samabaya bazaar in different places including the capital city Dhaka and will extend those to the upazila level within the current fiscal year”, Nanak said, adding that with the directives of the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, the samabaya bazaar would also be set up in all the city corporation areas.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate the Rural Development and Cooperative Fairs throughout the country and also inaugurate ‘cooperative bazaar exchange’ through a video conference as the chief guest from the Bangabandhu Intern-ational conference centre (BICC) tomorrow marking the 40th national cooperative day.
The Prime Minister would also distribute the National Cooperative Awards of 2009 and 2010 among the successful cooperative organizers of the country.
About the importance of the cooperatives, the state minister for LGRD said the government has a plan to increase the number of cooperative entrepreneurs as successful cooperative ventures are essential for improving socio-economic condition in the country.
The main theme of the 40th National Cooperative Day is “Creation of cooperative entrepreneurs is the farsightedness of the youths (Samabaya uddokta sristee-Juboder durodristy).
The’ meet- the press’ programme was attended, by the registrar of the department of cooperatives Musfiqa Iqfat and other high officials from the cooperative division under the ministry.
