DHAKA, May 27, 2022 (BSS) - Rizwan Rahman, President of the Dhaka Chamber of 
Commerce and Industry (DCCI), said that businesses have no border but the 
existing bilateral trade between Bangladesh and India of about US$10 billion 
is not adequate. 

"There are avenues of opportunities in cross border trade specially in the 
healthcare, education, skill development, IT and FINTECH industry," he said. 

The DCCI president said this at an interactive business networking seminar 
followed by a fruitful B2B session with the age old Indian Chamber of 
Commerce (ICC) at the ICC headquarter in Kolkata, India on Thursday, said a 
press release today.

 President of DCCI is leading this 47-member delegation to explore new window 
of opportunities of trade and investment.

In his speech, Rizwan Rahman said that to increase the bilateral trade to an 
expected level, private sector of both Kolkata and Bangladesh has to take the 
lead. 

Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay, Minister in Charge, Department of Agriculture, 
Government of West Bengal and Arup Roy, Minister in Charge, Department of 
Cooperatives, Government of West Bengal were present at the function as the 
chief guests.