Dhaka, July 25 -- Speakers at a seminar organised by the Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) on Saturday called for urgent policy reforms and infrastructure development to reduce Bangladesh's heavy dependence on imported industrial chemicals that underpin the country's key export-oriented sectors.

The seminar, styled "Backward Linkage Development of Chemical-Dependent Key Export-Oriented Industries: Current State & Issues," was held at the DCCI office in Motijheel with its President Taskeen Ahmed in the chair.

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Asif Rabbani, Managing Director of SR Chemical Industries Ltd and SR Group Ltd, presented the keynote paper, describing chemicals as the in...