Business leaders have called for the supply chain to be freed from the influence of the invisible hand to stabilize commodity markets.
They agreed on this in the price monitoring committee coordination meeting of FBCCI at the FBCCI office in Motijheel on Sunday (March 24).
The meeting was presided over by FBCCI senior vice-president Md. Amin Helali. He said that common people often make harsh comments about the prices of goods. But most traders want to conduct their business transparently. All of us are getting a bad name because of a few people. It is important to get out of this situation. He commented that an ideal businessman can never become a black marketer.
The senior vice president of FBCCI Amin Helali urged the market committees to record the problems and obstacles in each market of the capital and submit them to FBCCI. He said that FBCCI will discuss the problems of traders at the highest level of the government.
Warning against traders who destabilize the supply chain, the FBCCI senior vice-president said that the supply chain must first be freed from the influence of the invisible hand to keep commodity prices within the reach of the masses. We will actively work to stop visible and invisible extortion in the markets.
The meeting was attended by retailers and wholesalers from different areas of the capital. At this time, vendors of different markets of the capital said that vendors with permanent licenses are not responsible for destabilizing the market. They also claim that those who buy and sell goods on the sidewalk or road by subsidizing various quarters are responsible for destabilizing the market.
Permanent licensed peddlers complain that when trucks loaded with goods enter the markets of Dhaka at night - the goods are exchanged 2 to 3 times while in the vehicle and the price increases. In this case, floating traders are largely responsible, but the government's market control agencies raid, jail and fine the permanent traders. And the temporary or floating traders disappear before the light of day. As a result, in all cases, the permanently licensed hawkers have to suffer the punishment.
It was informed in the meeting that the price monitoring committee of FBCCI will go to different markets of the capital and meet with the market committees in the next few weeks. At this time, Amin Helali urged the market committees to collectively move forward to solve the problem.
The meeting was attended by FBCCI director Hafez Haji Haroon-or-Rashid, Hafez Haji Mohammad Enayet Ullah, Azizul Haque, Kausar Ahmed, Md. Niaz Ali Chisti, Haji Alauddin, Md. Abul Hashem, Price Monitoring Committee members, market committee leaders and business leaders.