35 NRBs get CIP status

Expatriate welfare and overseas employment ministry on Tuesday awarded 35 Non Resident Bangladeshis as Commercially Important Persons, CIP, status for their significant contribution to the country’s economy in 2016.
Of the CIPs, some 29 NRBs get the CIP status for sending back remittance to country through legal channels and six others for importing Bangladeshi products to the foreign markets. According to an official gazette notification, Mossammat Jasmin Akter topped the list for sending remittances to the country from UAE. The other NRBs are Mohammed Mahatabur Rahman, Mohammed Ismail, Mohammed Jashim Uddin, Mohammed Hashim, Nurul Alam, AHM Tajul Islam, Rakhal Kumar Gope, Abul Kalam, Abdul Gani Chowdhury, Mohammed Ali, Morshedul Islam, Mohd Farid Ahmed, Mohd Mosassek Chowdhury, Mohammed Ashrafur Rahman, Mohammed Shamsul Azim, Mohammed Yasin Chowdhury, Hafez Mohammed Idris, Abdul Jalil, Mohammed Abdul Rohim, Mohammed Adnan Imam, Mohammed Mohsin Alam, Abdul Aziz Khan, Shahid Hossain Jahangir, Mahmudur Rahman Khan, and Kazi Sarwar Hasib.
The six other NRBs who got CIP for importing Bangladeshi products to the foreign markets are Mohammed Salim, Nurul Alam, Ah Badar Uddin Chowdhury, Khan Md Firozur Alam, Abul Kashem and Mohd Abu Taleb.
EWOE minister Nurul Islam as chief guest handed over the crest to the CIPs. State minister for Foreign Affairs Shahriar Alam was present as special guest with EWOE ministry’s secretary in the chair. The CIP status holders are entitled to enjoy for one year different state privileges from issuance of the status. They will get privilege in getting permission to enter into Bangladesh secretariat, priority in reserving seats in Biman, train, bus and other modes of transports for business related travels in Bangladesh, using the VIP lounge 2 and special handling facility at the airport, priority in getting cabin facility at government hospitals and invitation to different national programmes organised by Bangladesh missions abroad, according to the policy.