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The month-long 26th Dhaka International Trade Fair (DITF) ends on Monday.
The ministry of commerce will hold the closing ceremony at the Bangabandhu Bangladesh-China Friendship Exhibition Center, the permanent venue of the fair at Purbachal of the capital. Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi will be the chief guest in the closing ceremony.
The trade fair did not take place last year due to the Coronavirus pandemic. The fair was held at a permanent venue in Purbachal for the first time this year.
However, due to the new venue and Covid-19, the gathering of consumers was not as much as expected.
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Md. Iftikher Ahmed Chowdhury, director of the trade fair and secretary of the Export Promotion Bureau (EPB), told UNB, "We are instructed not to extend the fair time. Moreover, traders verbally asked for extension of the fair time but no one formally applied.”
"It simply came to our notice then. So Monday is the last day of the fair. We are preparing for the closing ceremony of the fair. '
The number of stalls at this year's fair was half that of other years. There were 23 pavilions, 27 mini pavilions, 162 stalls and 15 food stalls of different categories. The stalls at the Agargaon fair were more than double than this year’s.