NEWSLETTER

Switzerland-Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and Industry

ISSUE 3 & 4 JUL 2012– JUNE 2013

From The desk of

President, SBCCI

2

Message From The

Convener's Desk

3

Message of the Chargé

d’affaires a.i.

4

From the desk of Swiss

Embassy in Bangladesh

5

"Swiss Film Festival in

Chittagong"

6

Seminar on 40 Years of

Switzerland-Bangladesh

Relations in the port city

Chittagong

7

SBCCI Events 9

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 17

EVENTS BY MEMBERS 18

Introducing “Pakshi Resort” 21

OUR MEMBERS 22

CONTACT 22

INSIDE THE ISSUE

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From The Desk of President, SBCCI:

Greetings.

On behalf of SBCCI, I would like to extend our warmest congratulations to the people of Switzerland on the occasion of the Switzerland National Day. SBCCI joins the excitement and celebration of the Swiss community on this annual event. I take the opportunity to express my special thanks to Zuellig, Holcim, Arifs, and SGS for sponsoring the SBCCI felicitation message published in the Daily Star on 1st of August.

We also congratulate Her Excellency Madame Caroline Trautweiler as the new Charge d’affaires and for the inauguration of the new Switzerland Embassy in Gulshan. We wish the Embassy all the best.

It’s so far been a busy year for SBCCI following a number of activities including the 3rd AGM, farewell of some close friends of SBCCI including the Swiss Ambassador, visit of high profile delegations from Switzerland, EC nominations/election of SBCCI and many others. We are also pleased to announce the new SBCCI website. It has full of information including new graphic de-signs and photos. The link to the SBCCI Facebook account can also be found in the same website.

On the Swiss delegation, we thank the Switzerland Embassy for involving some members of SBCCI to have opportunity to in-teract and share our Bangladesh experiences with the Swiss delegates. We believe that such important visits will boost the trade and investment of both Switzerland and Bangladesh.

This newsletter highlights some important activities of the SBCCI, Switzerland Embassy, SBCCI member companies and our friends. We hope that these articles may provide valuable insights and information to the readers. We further encourage every-one to contribute by providing comments and articles for the next newsletter. Congratulations to Ms. Vidya and her sub-committee team members including Ms. Sharmin for coming up with another edition of SBCCI Newsletter.

Thank you and we wish everyone all the best.

Ariel Miranda

SBCCI President

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Message From The Convener of Cultural & Communication

Development Sub committee, SBCCI:

Vidiya Amrit Khan

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From The Desk of Swiss Embassy, Bangladesh:

Welcome to the latest issue of the SBCCI newsletter. This issue of the SBCCI news letter commemorates the Swiss National day which was celebrated on August 1, 2013. On this special event, I would like to ex tend belated but sincere wishes and greetings to the readers.

The Swiss-Bangladesh business and economic ties have been growing

rapidly in the recent years. The total bilateral trade volume had surpassed the USD 400 million mark last year. It is projected that the growth will

maintain its upward journey this year as well. Small and medium Swiss

enterprises are also increasingly becoming interested to invest or to do business with Bangladesh.

It gives me immense pleasure to inform you that an official business delegation comprised of senior Swiss Government officials visited Bangladesh in April. The visit underscores the point that Switzer-land regards Bangladesh as a country with vast economic potentials; a further business enabling envi-ronment in this country will provide fresh impetus to this end.

The Switzerland-Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and Industry- SBCCI, since its inception, has been playing an important role in fostering trade and investment relations between our two countries. I take this opportunity to thank SBCCI for its continued effort to expand the trade and investment ties between Switzerland and Bangladesh. I wish SBCCI every success in its endeavors.

Caroline Trautweiler Chargé d’affaires a.i. Embassy of Switzerland in Bangladesh

Message of the Chargé d’affaires a.i.

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From The Desk of Swiss Embassy, Bangladesh:

“Financing Agreement” between

Bangladesh and Switzerland

Switzerland will provide a grant of CHF 9.3 million (equivalent to BDT 75.75 crore) for the “Hygiene, Sani-tation and Water Supply (HYSAWA) Program” in Bang-ladesh. For this purpose, the Governments of Switzer-land and Bangladesh have signed a “Financing Agree-ment” and “Project Documentation (ProDoc)” on June 2, 2013 in Dhaka. The Ambassador of Switzerland to Bangladesh, H.E. Dr. Urs Herren and the Secretary to the Economic Relations Division, Ministry of Finance, Mr. Md. Abul Kalam Azad, have signed the “Financing Agreement” on behalf of the respective Governments. Check the link for more information http://unbconnect.com/component/news/task-show/id-115160

Bilateral political consultation between Bangladesh and Switzerland

Bilateral political consultation between Bangladesh and Switzerland was held today in Dhaka. Ambassador Beat Nobs, the Assistant State Secretary of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs of Switzerland, and Ambassador Mustafa Kamal, the Additional Secretary (Bilateral) to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bangladesh, led respective delega-tions.

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From The Desk of Swiss Embassy, Bangladesh:

Industry-led Apprenticeship Pilot

Project

Ambassador Beat Nobs, the Assistant State Secretary of the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, visited Bangla-desh on May 20-23 to hold the annual political consultation between Switzerland and Bangladesh. During his stay, Ambas-sador Nobs went to Gazipur to visit the Industry-led Appren-ticeship Project co-funded by the Swiss Government. The project aims to establish a viable and ultimately self-supporting industry-led apprenticeship system in the leather industry, operated as a public-private partnership. He also visited the Apex Adelchi footwear factory in Gazipur. Apex is the lead partner of the project.

"SWISS FILM FESTIVAL IN CHITTAGONG"

The Embassy of Switzerland in Bangladesh, in coopera-tion with the Alliance Française de Chittagong, was orga-nized a Swiss Film Festival on November 28-29, 2012 in the port city Chittagong, where four Swiss feature films will be presented at the Alliance Française auditorium in Panchlaish. The film festival is part of a series of events being orga-nized by the Embassy of Switzerland to celebrate the 40 years of Switzerland-Bangladesh bilateral relations. The festival intends to present Swiss films to the well-informed audience of Chittagong. The opening film of the festival, “Henry Dunant – du Rouge sur la Croix” (“Henry Dunant – Red on the Cross”), depicts the struggle for peace led by Henry Du-nant, the founder of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. The film was be screened on November 28, 2012 at 6.30pm. On the second day (November 29) of the film festival in Chittagong, three Swiss films “Madly in Love”, “The Swissmakers“, and “Tandoori Love” was screened respec-tively at 2pm, 4pm and 6pm at the Alliance Française auditorium in Chittagong.

The Ambassador of Switzerland to Bangladesh, Dr. Urs Herren, inau-gurated the Swiss Film Festival in Chittagong.

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SEMINAR ON 40 YEARS OF SWITZERLAND-BANGLADESH

RELATIONS IN THE PORT CITY CHITTAGONG

The Embassy of Switzerland, in cooperation with the Chittagong Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI) and the Switzerland-Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and Industry (SBCCI), organized a seminar on “40 Years of Switzerland-Bangladesh Relations: Friendship and Business Opportunities” at the Agrabad Hotel in the port city Chittagong on November 28, 2012. The Hon-ourable Commerce Minister of Bangladesh, Mr. Ghulam Muhammed Quader, MP, attended the seminar as Chief Guest. This year Switzerland and Bangladesh are celebrating the 40 years of bilateral relations Between the two countries. The seminar in Chittagong highlighted bilateral business Potentials and underscored the importance for further promoting bilateral business ties, Particularly with Chitta-gong. The Honorable Commerce Minister in his speech thanked the Swiss Embassy for taking up the initiatives to promote Swiss-Bangladesh relations. He also mentioned that he was very optimistic about the future business rela-tions between the two countries. The Ambassador of Switzerland, Dr. Urs Herren, in his speech, said that new avenues of cooperation were open-ing up between the two countries and a further business enabling environment would give a boost to trade and investment between the two countries. He also stressed on the fact that Bangladesh should focus on the skills de-velopment of its labor force to realize immense economic opportunities. President of SBCCI, Mr. Ariel Miranda, said that both countries had many more opportunities to gain from the partnership and assured SBCCI’s continued support to promote Swiss-Bangladesh business ties. Mr. Murshed Murad Ibrahim, President of CCCI, said that the seminar would play an important role in advancing the Swiss-Bangladesh business ties.

Two key-note addresses were made at the seminar. The first key-note was presented by Ambassador Dr. Urs Her-ren on “40 Years of Swiss-Bangladesh Relations”. Ambassador of Switzerland, Dr. Urs Herren, delivering his remarks

H.E. Ghulam Muhammed Quader, MP, the Honorable Commerce Minister of Bangladesh, delivering his speech at the opening session

Mr. Murshed Ibrahim, President, Chittagong Chamber of Commerce and Industry, delivering his welcome address

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SEMINAR ON 40 YEARS OF SWITZERLAND-BANGLADESH

RELATIONS IN THE PORT CITY CHITTAGONG (CONT.)

A second keynote was presented by the President of the Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI), Ms. Rokia Afzal Rahman, on “Swiss-Bangladesh Relations: Business Opportunities in Chittagong”. Ms. Rahman highlighted several potential sectors as avenues to promote the overall Swiss-Bangladesh relations. A panel discussion followed the key-note presentations. Ambassador Dr. Urs Herren, MCCI President Ms. Rokia Afzal Rahman, SBCCI President Mr. Ariel Miranda and the Former President of CCCI Mr. Ali Ahmed were pre-sent as the panelists. The panelists were very positive about the future course of Switzerland Bangladesh rela-tions. The speakers emphasized on the fact that Bangla-desh enjoys the “population dividend” which offers Bangla-desh an opportunity to move ahead towards development. However, they also pointed out that skilled manpower is one of the essential requirements for Bangladesh to trans-fer the potentials into reality. The seminar was widely attended by the leading business people, civil society members, journalists and other pro-fessionals from Chittagong.

Panel Discussion

The Moderator of the Panel Discussion, Mr. Naquib Khan, Corporate Affairs Director of Nestle Bangladesh and eminent cultural personality

Guests at the seminar

Ms. Rokia Afzal Rahman,President , Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, delivering her key-note address

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SBCCI EVENTS

DINNER TO BID FAREWELL TO MR. ASHFAQUE UR RAHMAN AND

MR. LAURENT THEROND

Switzerland-Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and Industry had arranged a dinner to bid farewell to Mr. Ashfaque ur Rahman, founder president of Switzerland– Bangladesh Chamber of commerce and Industry and former managing Director, Novartis (Bangladesh Limited) and Mr. Laurent Therond, treasurer of SBCCI and Managing Drector of Nestle Bangladesh Limited.

This event was hosted by Ms. Vidiya Amrit Khan, The Convener of Cultural & Communication Development Sub committee, SBCCI and Executive Director of Tutelar Oil Services Co. (Pvt.) Ltd.

Since the time Bangladesh is a sovereign country, Swiss businesses were already operating with appropriate organizations contrib-uting services to the society and the infant economy. With local presence of global companies in the 70’s decade Swiss business presence were in pharmaceuticals, plant protection, textile & industrial chemicals, infant nutrition. Gradually over the years the country today benefits from Swiss businesses in diversified field – food, chocolates, infant nutrition, textile and industrial chemi-cals, cement, textile machinery, food processing machinery, watches, agro chemicals, logistics services, pre-shipment inspections, pharmaceuticals. Not only was Swiss business contributing directly to the economic arena of the country but was simultaneously generating employment opportunity and revenue generation in the form of taxes and duties.

Against the backdrop of such robust economic ownership of Swiss businesses and social commitment, in late 2004 with the guid-ance and facilitation of the Swiss Embassy in Bangladesh the Swiss business organizations in Bangladesh integrated to form a busi-ness chamber. Subsequently in early 2005, The Switzerland Bangladesh Business Forum (SBBF) was established with the funda-mental objectives in Bangladesh of strengthening Swiss business interest, facilitating new Swiss investments, facilitating growth of existing Swiss businesses and an overall landscape for Swiss businesses in Bangladesh. Mr. Ashfaque ur Rahman was the initiator of this chamber and founder president.

Mr. Laurent Therond served a three years tenure in Bangladesh. He was assigned as treasurer of the chamber. He was always very active in his role and as a Chamber we have found his contribution to be very valuable.

The Switzerland-Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and Industry, wishes them all the best for Their future endeavors.

Crest, Flower and gift President of SBCCI expressing his gratitude to Mr. Ash-faque ur Rahman and Mr. Laurent on behalf of SBCCI.

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SBCCI EVENTS

Mr. Ashfaque sharing his experience

A crest from SBCCI as the appreciation and best wishes

Flower and gift from SBCCI as best wishes

A crest, flower bouquet and painting from SBCCI to Mr. Laurent as the

appreciation and best wishes

Mr. Laurent sharing his views with the guests.

Guests at the event

DINNER TO BID FAREWELL TO MR. ASHFAQUE AND MR. LAURENT (CONT.)

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3rd Annual General Meeting of SBCCI

The 3rd Annual General Meetig of SBCCI was held on 12 January 2013. In this occasion Executive Committe of SBCCI with general members of SBCCI and representatives from different Swiss investments in Bangladesh were present. In this meeting New Executive Committee of SBCCI was announced. The AGM was followed by Dinner.

The meeting commenced with Mr. Ariel Miranda, welcoming all the members of the SBCCI.

His Excellency Dr. Urs Herren, the Swiss ambassador in Bangladesh was supposed to be our special guest for the event but un-fortunately he had other prior commitment. He extended his apologies.

Honorable president of SBCCI was briefly discusses about the history of establishment of SBCCI and covey his gratitude to our Ex-President, Mr. Ashfaque, 16 founding members and the first 9 members of EC for such initiative.

He convey Thanks to Swiss Embassy in Bangladesh and Executive of SBCCI for their support towards him to run the chamber actively. He also convey thanks to all the member organizations and associates for their cooperation.

Mr. President briefly discussed about chambers activities during the year 2012. Although SBCCI experienced changes in the presidency and executive committee, SBCCI remain to be active.

During the last year, SBCCI had the privilege to arrange, participate and organize several activities which furnished below:

1.Association with the Swiss Embassy in Bangladesh to celebret 40 years of friendship and bilatéral relation :

In the year 2012 Switzerland and Bangladesh was celebrated the 40 years of friendship and bilatéral relation.

-Video and TV promo on 40 Years of friendship and bilatéral relation

-Swiss film festival in Dhaka held on March 2012

-Seminar on Switzerland-Bangladesh Business Opportunities Held in Chittagong held on November 2012.

- SBCCI printed advertisement on the Swiss day to congratulate the country Switzerland.

In this advertisement name of all the members of SBCCI were listed.

-Swiss Film Festival in Chittagong held on November 2012.

Executive Committee of SBCCI;

L-R: Mr. Matin Chowdhury, Mr. Shibli, Mr. Ariel,

Mr. Robert and Mr. Shanker.

Representatives from Member Organizations

SBCCI EVENTS

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3rd Annual General Meeting of SBCCI (cont.)

2. Arranged farewell in honor of Mr. Gabriele Derighetti, Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of Switzerland, May 2012.

3. Arranged farewell in honor of Mr. Ashfaque ur Rahman and Mr. Laurent Therond on September 2012.

4. Print Newsletter.

5. EC meetings.

6. Participate in the meetings and social events arranged by the different business chambers.

7. Include two new subcommittee:

SBCCI include two new subcommittees in their structure; One is focused and deals with the complaint or any type of require-ment coming from members of the SBCCI named member’s welfare sub-committee and another is focused on corporate social responsibilities named CSR sub-committee.

A PRESENTION BY SGS BANGLADESH LIMITED

After the introduction of new executive committee a video was presented on the company SGS Bangladesh Limited, who was the sponsor of 3rd AGM of SBCCI.

FINANCIAL REPORT OF CHAMBER:

Mr. Robert Kruit, vice president of SBCCI was present the Financial Reports of the chamber on behalf of Ms. Vidiya

Amrit Khan, Treasurer of SBCCI. He discuss briefly about transaction, income-expenses and investment of the chamber.

Ms. Vidiya could not present in the A.G.M as she had other prior commitment. She extended her apologies.

INTRODUCTION OF THE NEW EC COMMITTEE:

In the year 2012 SBCCI experienced changes in the presidency and executive committee. Mr. Ariel Miranda, President of SBCCI had introduced the new Executive Committee to all the members. This EC is constituted with 9 members as per the Memorandum of Association and Article of the association, among this 9 member 5 members are from the Investor’s side and 4 members are from the agency side.

Cont. to next page

SBCCI EVENTS

Mr. Ariel Miranda, President of SBCCI is giving his speech . Mr. Robert Kruit, presenting the Financial Report of SBCCI

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3rd Annual General Meeting of SBCCI (cont.)

The New Executive Committee (For the rest of the session 2011-2013):

PAPER PRESENTATION BY MR. SHIBLI RUBAYATUL ISLAM:

After the presentation of financial report, the Honourable guest speaker Prof. Shibli Rubayatul Islam, Dean, Faculty of

Business Studies, and University of Dhaka presented his paper on “40 years of Bangladesh – from Bottomless Basket to

Prosperity”.

In his presentation he louded the overall development and growth of Bangladesh for the last 4 decades despite of many

hurdles and expressed his satisfaction over the steady growth and he can see a developed Bangladesh with a strong economy

within a very near future.

VOTE OF THANKS

The meeting ended with a vote of thanks by the Vice President of SBCCI Mr. Abdul Matin Chowdhury followed by dinner.

SBCCI EVENTS

Name Designation

1. Mr. Ariel Miranda

Managing Director, SGS Bangladesh Ltd.

President

2. Mr. Abdul Matin Chowdhury

Managing Director, New Asia Ltd.

Vice-President

3. Mr. Robert Kruit

Managing Director, Zuellig Pharma Bangladesh

Vice-President

4. Mr. Shibli Rubayat Ul Islam

M.D & Chairman, Xin Bangla Febrics

Secretary General 5. Ms. Vidiya Amrit Khan

Executive Director, Tutelar Oil Services Co. (Pvt.) Ltd.

Treasurer

6. Mr. Saiful Islam

Chairman & M.D, Daffodil Trading House Ltd.

EC Member

7. Mr. Shankar Kumar Roy

GM, Business Development, Holcim (Bangladesh) Ltd.

EC Member

8. Mr. A.Q. Siddiqui

Chief Country Representative, Habib Bank AG Zurich

EC Member

9. Mr. Kuntal Baveja

Managing Director, Novartis (Bangladesh) Limited

EC Member

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Switzerland-Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and Industry had arranged a dinner to bid farewell to Mr. Robert Kruit, Manag-ing Director, Zuellig Pharma Bangladesh and Vice President, Switzerland-Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and Industry. This event was hosted by the Chamber. He was always very active in his role and as a Chamber we have found his contribution to be very valuable. The Switzerland-Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and Industry, wishes him all the best for his future endeav-ours.

SBCCI EVENTS

DINNER TO BID FAREWELL TO MR. ROBERT KRUIT

A crest from SBCCI as the appreciation and best wishes Flower for Mrs. Robert

Mrs. And Mr. Robert with part of EC of SBCCI Guests enjoying dinner

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SBCCI EVENTS

DINNER TO BID FAREWELL TO H. E. URS HERREN

Switzerland-Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and Industry had arranged a dinner to bid farewell to H. E. Urs Herren, honor-able Ambassador, Embassy of Switzerland in Bangladesh. This event was hosted by the Chamber and dinner was sponsored by Mr. Shibli Rubayatul Islam, secretary general of Switzerland-Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and Industry and managing Director of Xin Bnagla Febrics. Honorable Ambassador was always very active and helpful towards chamber and our members have found his contribution to be very valuable. The Switzerland-Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and Industry, wishes him all the best for his future endeav-ors.

Crest for Honorable Ambassador Honorable Ambassador with members of SBCCI

A crest from SBCCI as the appreciation and best wishes Painting for Honorable Ambassador

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SBCCI EVENTS

DINNER TO BID FAREWELL TO H. E. URS HERREN (CONT.)

Honorable Ambassador sharing his experience Honorable Ambassador sharing his experience

Guest on the event Guest on the event

Guest on the event Guest on the event with spouse

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The New Executive Committee of Switzerland-Bangladesh Chamber of

Commerce & Industry (SBCI) for the session 2011-2013

Name Designation Picture

1.Caroline Trautweiler Chargé d’affaires a.i.

Embassy of Switzerland in Bangladesh

Chief Advisor

2. Mr. Ariel Miranda

Managing Director, SGS Bangladesh Ltd.

President

3. Mr. Abdul Matin Chowdhury

Managing Director, New Asia Ltd.

Vice-President

4. A. Q. Siddiqui

Chief Country Representative, Habib Bank AG Zurich

Vice-President

5. Mr. Shibli Rubayat Ul Islam

M.D & Chairman, Xin Bangla Febrics

Secretary General

6. Ms. Vidiya Amrit Khan

Executive Director, Tutelar Oil Services Co. (Pvt.) Ltd.

Treasurer

7. Mr. Saiful Islam

Chairman & M.D, Daffodil Trading House Ltd.

EC Member

8. Mr. Shankar Kumar Roy

GM, Business Development,

HolcimCement (Bangladesh) Ltd.

EC Member

9. Mr. Kuntal Baveja

Managing Director, Novartis (Bangladesh) Limited

EC Member

10. Mr. Philip Kan

Managing Director, Zuellig Pharma Bangladesh

EC Member

11. Chistia Hydar Sharmin

Coordinator Executive, SBCCI

EC Member

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EVENTS BY MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS

Events organized by SGS Bangladesh Limited

Bangla New Year 1420 SGS Bangladesh has celebrated Bangla New year 1420 on 15th April 2013 at its Head Office Bangladesh, Noor tower Kawran Bazar. On the celebrating day, a huge gathering at noor tower 9th floor proved again the heartiest emotion of Bangali regarding Bangla Nobobarsho. Employees were really enjoyed the program and buy lots of gifts from stalls in New Year Mela for their nearest and dearest one. Managing director Mr. Ariel Miranda also visited the mini fair and bought few gifts for his family with other manag-ers.

Annual Seasonal Fruits Festival 2013 SGS Bangladesh Limited arranged a fruits festival, same as previous year, for its employees on 30 June 2013 at Noor tower and on 2 July 2013 at Gulshan office. As these months, May, June, July, falls under the summer season which is remembered for many seasonal juicy fruits, so this was the appropriate time for fruit festival. Different sea-sonal fruits, such as, Mango, Jackfruit, Pineapple, Blackberry, Star fruit, Banana, Wax-Jambu, Karamcha, Lotcon, Kath-Lichi etc. were served on this festival

Juice of tamarind, jackfruit and sharbat made of flat rice/banana were also available for the employees. Employees have enjoyed the entire event very enthusiastically.

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EVENTS BY MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS

Events organized by SGS Bangladesh Limited

Safety Day Celebration in SGS Bangladesh: 19th June 2013

In Bangladesh, we celebrated safety day at our all five sites to-gether. Our focus was to create awareness on safety among our staffs. We shared our global safety day theme “Time for Others” with all of our staffs. Our Safety Day program had three seg-ments-

In the morning, we welcomed all of our staffs with safety day brochure. We celebrated the day through some activities such as, 30 minutes safety video on “You and Office Safety” at 9:00 am, safety day rally at all of our business divisions.

A safety exhibition for one hour from 11:00 am to 12:00 pm. Most of the stuffs from different department enjoyed the safety related exhibition.

In the afternoon, we organized a two hours Safety Day celebra-tion program in all our office together. Managing Director Mr. Ariel Miranda inaugurated the program at our Dhaka - Noor Tower office.

“Macy’s Vendor Day" Vendor day program on “TRF fill up & Testing program of Macy’s” was held on 16 June 2013 at SGS Bangladesh office based on

the global requirement where 11 participants were present from vendor as well as buying office side. Informatively, SGS has to

upload the reports of Macy’s in global oracle database named “Data Manager” through an interface program between LIMS &

Data Manager. To upload the report, it is mandatory to fill up the test request form properly by the vendor. The captioned pro-

gram was designed to train the vendor on “how to fill up the TRF properly” to make the process smooth and error free in order

to upload the reports into the Data Manager. Moreover, it was our objectives also to introduce the customer with the interface

program between LIMS & Data Manager, discuss about testing protocol of Macy’s, and establish a rapport with the supplier.

Ms. Yeasmin Akther, Business development Manager has delivered the introductory speech and thereafter, Mr. Minhazul Islam

has presented the main lecture before the audience.

He also shared his safety experiences. We conveyed the CEO's message about Safety Day. At the end of the day, prizes distributed among the Safety Day quiz winners.

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EVENTS BY MEMBER ORGANIZATIONS

Events organized by Holcim Cement (Bangladesh) Limited

Holcim Carries Out Plantation Program

Without trees our existence will be threatened, and the tree is the great friend of humans. Trees control the envi-ronment to be in a balanced form by preserving humidity in the climate. Plants make the land fertile and cultivable. Trees are essential for life and without trees human would not exist on this beautiful planet.

The trees around us are extremely important for communi-ty people leaving nearby.

As part of our CEP (Community Engagement Plan), a plan-tation drive was carried out in the month of July 2013 by Holcim. About 400 saplings were distributed among schools, madarsas, temples and community people.

During this plantation campaign, MD Rajnish Kapur at-

tended one such plantation program at Digraj Islamia

Dakhil Madrasa, Mongla. He planted one sapling at Mad-

rasa premises and exchanged pleasantries with students and

teachers. MD, in a message, emphasized on proper mainte-

nance of planted trees and urged concerned employees to

take due care of them.

High officials and employees of Holcim took part this

fortnight-long plantation drive with full enthusiasm.

Saplings of mango, black berry, jackfruit, litchi, me-

hagini, neem, guava, jamrul, scandal, hartaki, bahe-

ra, kadam etc. were distributed at both plant areas.

Students, teachers and community people who re-

ceived saplings praised the greenery initiative of

Holcim.

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Introducing “Pakshi Resort”

Pakshi Resort is located along the bank of the Padma River at the eastern approach of Hardinge bridge in a world

away from the hustle and bustle of the city, and yet within the reach of all Dhaka -dwellers. About 100 km away

from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, Pakshi Resort offers the retreat we all crave. With twenty fully fur-

nished suites for rent, Pakshi Resorts mimics the décor we are all used to, providing guests with the basic amenities

along with creature comforts such as television, internet and air -conditioning among others. Each room comes with

an attached verandah offering a full view of the awe-inspiring bridge, the majestic River and landscaped gardens,

full of flowers and trees of fruits.

The resort also offers ample services to cater to a full -scale corporate retreat including the Chairman conference

system, podiums with mike, projection screen, overhead projector and much more. For a more informal gathering,

the resort provides scope for numerous activities such as boating, swimming pool, tennis court, basketball court,

Badminton court and other indoor and outdoor games. The spacious location also houses a mini zoo. A multi -

cuisine restaurant functions throughout one’s stay and offers quality food.

Apart from what the resort has, the surroundings themselves are a reason to visit. Located in Ishordi, the resort is

within close vicinity of numerous tourist attractions such as Lalon Brides, North Bengal Paper Mill, Furfura Darbar

Sharif, the grave of Lalon Shah and Kuthi Bari of Rabindranath Tagore amongnst many other locations.

Given all that Pakshi Resort has to offer, it is indeed worth the visit. For more information contact Pakshi Resort.

Address: Dhaka Office: House# 99/A, Road# 06, DOHS, Banani, Dhaka- 1213, Bangladesh, Phone: 8752075 Mobile: 01730-706251-3, E-mail: info@pakshiresort.net, Web: www.pakshiresort.net Pakshi Resort Office: Pakshi Resort, Ishordi, Pabna. Mobile: 01730 -706252-3, 01730-706258

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Our Members

Organization Name Representative Designation

NOVARTIS (BANGLADESH) LIMITED MR. KUNTAL BAVEJA MANAGING DIRECTOR

NEW ASIA LTD. MR. ABDUL MATIN CHOWDHURY MANAGING DIRECTOR

SGS BANGLADESH LTD. MR. ARIEL MIRANDA MANAGING DIRECTOR

XIN BANGLA FABRICS MR. SHIBLI RUBAYATUL-ISLAM M.D & CHAIRMAN

HABIB BANK AG ZURICH MR. A.Q. SIDDIQUI CHIFE COUNTRY REPRESENTATIVE

HOLCIM CEMENT (BANGLADESH) LTD.

MR. SHANKAR KUMAR ROY GM, BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

TUTELAR OIL SERVICES CO. (PVT.) LTD.

MS. VIDIYA AMRIT KHAN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

DAFFODIL TRADING HOUSE LTD. MR. SAIFUL ISLAM CHAIRMAN & M.D

ZUELLIG PHARMA BANGLADESH MR. PHILIP KAN MANAGING DIRECTOR

NESTLÉ BANGLADESH LIMITED MR. STÉPHANE NORDÉ MANAGING DIRECTOR

SWISS COLOURS BANGLADESH LTD. MR. AKHTAR HOSSAIN MANAGING DIRECTOR

TEXTILE ASSOCIATES LTD. MR. HARUN-UR RASHID MANAGING DIRECTOR

ASSOCIATED TECHNOLOGY LTD. MR. GAZI HELAL UDDIN AHMED MANAGING DIRECTOR

SYNGENTA BANGLADESH LIMITED MR. SAZZADUL HASSAN MANAGING DIRECTOR

ROCHE BANGLADESH LIMITED DR. MOHAMMMAD AFROZ JALIL COUNTRY MANAGER

ARIFS (BD) LIMITED MR. K.K.ARIF MANAGING DIRECTOR

R.H. CORPORATION MR. ZOYNAL ABEDIN CHOWDHURY MANAGING DIRECTOR

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Our Members

ORGANIZATION NAME REPRESENTATIVE DESIGNATION

SACO WATCH COMPANY MR. ATIQUR RAHMAN MANAGING DIRECTOR

W & W GRAINS CORPORATION MR. SYED M. ALTAF HUSSAIN CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

M. H. TRADERS MR. M.A. HALIM HOW-

LADER PROPRIETOR

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