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Dhaka, 15 April 2025 – To cap off its celebration of this year’s International Women’s Day and Philippine National Women’s Month, personnel of the Philippine Embassy in Bangladesh enthusiastically...
PHILIPPINE OUTBOUND BUSINESS MATCHING MISSION VISITS MAJOR RETAILERS IN BANGLADESH
03 September 2019, Dhaka - The Philippine Outbound Business Matching Mission (OBMM) met with executives of three major retailers in Bangladesh, namely, Agora, Shwapno and Chaldal.com. The delegation was briefed on the process and means for their products to be hosted on the retailers’ shelves and was able to visit the stores of Agora and Shwapno for market research. END.
Mr. Zia Ashraf (middle, holding a frame), Founder & Chief Operating Officer of Chaldal.com with the OBMM delegation headed by Ms. Agnes Perpetua R. Legaspi (left side of Mr. Ashraf) Assistant Director of the Department of Trade and Industry accompanied by Mr. Leo Marco C. Vidal (7th from left), Charge d’Affaires, a.i. of the Philippine Embassy and Ms. Lauren S. Arce (4th from left), Attache of the Philippine Embassy.
Above photo: The OBMM delegation in front of the Agora office with Mr. Aminul Bari (6th from right), Chief Financial Officer & Company Secretary of Agora Superstore
Left photo: The OBMM delegation visited the Agora store
Mr. Sabir Hasan Nasir, Executive Director of Shwapno, briefed the OBMM delegation about Shwapno
OUTBOUND BUSINESS MATCHING MISSION TO BANGLADESH CALLS ON THE BANGLADESH INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY DIVISION
From left: Investment Advisor of Startup Bangladesh Tina Jabeen; DTI-Export Marketing Bureau Assistant Director Agnes Perpetua R. Legaspi; Vice Consul of the Philippine Embassy in Dhaka Leo Marco C. Vidal; Secretary of Information and Communication Technology Division N M Zeaul Alam; Bangladesh Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Minister of State Zunaid Ahmed Palak; Philippine Trade and Investment Center (PTIC)-Jakarta Commercial Attaché Jeremiah C. Reyes.
03 September 2019, Dhaka - The Philippine Outbound Business Matching Mission (OBMM) to Bangladesh paid a courtesy call on Bangladesh Information and Communication Technology State Minister Zunaid Ahmed Palak.
Both the Bangladesh ICT Division and the OBMM delegation agreed to work together in sharing best practices, strategies and approaches on nurturing and developing Startups and encouraging technological innovations. The DTI delegation viewed startup Bangladesh and their accelerator, where aspiring tech companies can collaborate with established entrepreneurs, academies, financial institutions and the government to grow. END.
BANGLADESH COMMERCE SECRETARY RECEIVES PHILIPPINE OUTBOUND BUSINESS MATCHING
MISSION TO BANGLADESH
02 September 2019, Dhaka - The Philippine Outbound Business Matching Mission (OBMM) to Bangladesh called on Mr. Md. Mofizul Islam, Bangladesh Commerce Secretary, to discuss ways to increase business activities between the Philippines and Bangladesh. The delegation is led by Ms. Agnes Perpetua R. Legaspi, Assistant Director of the Export Marketing Bureau (EMB) of the Philippine Department of Trade and Industry. END
SEMINAR ON PROMOTING BILATERAL TRADE AND INVESTMENT BETWEEN BANGLADESH AND THE PHILIPPINES
From left: Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) Senior Vice President Waqar Ahmad Choudhury; Bangladesh-Philippines Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BPCCI) President Akber (Al) Hakim; DTI-Export Marketing Bureau Assistant Director Agnes Perpetua R. Legaspi; DCCI President Osama Taseer; Vice Consul of the Philippine Embassy in Dhaka Leo Marco C. Vidal; Philippine Trade and Investment Center (PTIC)-Jakarta Commercial Attaché Jeremiah C. Reyes; DCCI Vice President Imran Ahmed.
02 September 2019, Dhaka - The Philippine Outbound Business Matching Mission (OBMM) to Bangladesh participated in a seminar on Promoting Bilateral Trade and Investment between Bangladesh and the Philippines at the Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) Building.
Assistant Director Ms. Agnes Perpetua R. Legaspi of the Export Marketing Bureau (EMB) of the Philippine Department of Trade and Industry highlighted the Philippines as an emerging market that has consistent growth in recent years that is bolstered by numerous free trade agreements with other countries. Commercial Attaché Mr. Jeremiah C. Reyes of the Philippine Trade and Invest Center in Jakarta emphasized the need to establish frameworks of cooperation between the Philippines and Bangladesh.
The seminar was followed by a business-to-business (B2B) matching session where the business delegation was given opportunity to present their products to the members of DCCI and the Bangladesh-Philippines Chamber of Commerce and Industry. END
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