The first meeting of the newly formed National Logistic Development and Coordination Committee (NLDCC) was held on Thursday (2 February) when a decision was made to work on formulating a National Logistic Development Policy within a year.
Prime Minister’s Principal Secretary and National Logistic Development and Coordination Committee Chairman M Tofazzel Hossain Miah presided over the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) meeting. He said that the National Logistic Development Policy will be formulated to facilitate and ease business and trade and increase investment with a view to achieving the national growth targets. He said that five sub-committees will also be formed to this end.
The committee decided to work on ensuring efficient transportation of goods and services and upgrading the country’s logistic sector to international standards. Top officials of different government and private offices and export and import sectors joined the meeting.
