The present government led by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has taken decision to turn Rangpur into an economic zone soon giving maximum priority on further speeding up the pace of development in the region. Bangladesh Bank (BB) Governor Dr Atiur Rahman said this while exchanging views with representatives of Rangpur Chamber of Commerce & Industry (RCCI) and Rangpur Women Chamber of Commerce and Industry (RWCCI) here last night as the chief guest, reports BSS. General Manager of Rangpur Branch of BB Khurshid Alam presided over the meeting arranged at the conference room of BB’s Rangpur Branch in the city. Executive Director of BB Mahfuzur Rahman attended the meeting as the special guest. General Managers from the Head Office of BB, former Vice-president of FBCCI Mostafa Azad Chowdhury Babu, RCCI President Abul Kashem, RWCCI President Anwara Ferdousi Poly, Directors of RCCI and RWCCI, high officials of different public and private sector banks were present. The BB Governor said PM Sheikh Hasina always thinks about development of the whole country along with Rangpur, Kurigram and Gaibandha and frequently talks on this whenever he meets with her. “I am also personally involved with the process of turning Rangpur into an economic zone and I firmly believe that Rangpur region will be developed like the other regions in the country,” he said.
