Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) and German Technical Cooperation (GTZ) jointly opened a new Trade Information Centre (TIC) at the EPBs Kawran bazar office on February 14.Secretary of the Ministry of Commerce Feroz Ahmed inaugurated the centre as the chief guest. Recognising the crucial role of the export industries in domestic job sector, the renovation and up-gradation of the TIC was a long felt demand and as such EPB approached the German Technical Cooperation (GTZ) for its technical assistance in setting up the centre. The GTZ supported the renovation work of the centre as a part of its private sector development programme named PROGRESS.

The commerce secretary expressed his satisfaction at the joint effort of EPB and GTZ for undertaking the venture to establish a most modem business information centre. He expressed the opinion that a wide range of customers along with media, academia, foreign missions, students etc would be immensely benefited through obtaining national and international trade related information from the TIC. In total 6,170 publications including 75 international and national periodicals are kept in the TIC.