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Two-day long Bangladesh Denim Expo concluded on Thursday with the high hopes of creating Bangladesh as a one-stop sourcing platform of entire denim value chain for global buyers.
Honorable Adviser to the Prime Minister for Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Dr. Towfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury was present in the closing ceremony of the expo as Guest of Honor while British High Commissioner to Bangladesh H.E. Robert Gibson, Danish Ambassador to Bangladesh H.E. Hanne Fugl Eskjaer, Ambassador of the Russian Federation H.E. Alexander A. Nikolaev, Ambassador of Brazil to Bangladesh H.E. Wanja Campose da Nobrega, Ambassador of Turkey to Bangladesh Devrim Öztürk, Senior Vice President of BGMEA Faruque Hassan and Immediate Past President of BGMEA Md. Atiqul Islam were present as Special Guests on the occasion. Founder and CEO OF Bangladesh Denim Expo Mostafiz Uddin presided over the program.
A total of 39 companies participated in the expo; among them, beside Bangladesh, 10 were international companies from China, India, Pakistan, USA, Turkey, South Korea, Japan, Thailand, Singapore and Germany.
The theme of the show was ‘Sustainable Denim’. A group of international experts addressed all aspects of sustainability, ecology and consciousness in four seminars and one panel discussions during the expo. Senior Vice President of BGMEA Faruque Hassan moderated the third seminar titled ‘Innovating Sustainable Denim for New Generation Market’ which was held on the 2nd day of the Expo.