The parliamentary standing committee on commerce ministry came down hard on the top officials of the ministry for not framing any trade policy for the country.
In reply to a query from the committee chairman Ali Ashraf, commerce secretary Hedayet Ullah Al Mamun told the meeting that the country has no trade policy at the moment while a policy is set to be prepared with the help of European Union by December this year.
The committee at its meeting held at the Jatiya Sangsad also recommended that the ministry should prepare a framework of the trade policy and submit it to the standing committee.
Committee chairman Ali Asharaf told New Age after the meeting that the committee members were surprised to learn that the country has no trade policy and it is in the offing with the help of EU.
‘Why we have no trade policy yet? Why EU would help making our trade policy?,’ Ashraf asked, adding, ‘The ministry has been recommended to prepare the framework of the policy by the next two months and submit it to the committee.’
Commerce minister Tofail Ahmed was not present in the meeting.
However, committee members Md Motahar Hossain, Nurul Mazid Mahmud Humayun, Waresat Hossain Belal, Md Sanwar Hossain, Md. Manzurul Islam and Laila Aezumand Banu were present at the meeting.
-With New Age input
