DHAKA:  137 persons were awarded Commercially Important Person (CIP) status for their contribution to the business sector.

Besides, 41 directors of Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce & Industries (FBCCI) were also selected for CIP (trade).

Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed handed over the CIP cards among the awardees for export category on Tuesday (December 18).

The program held at Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) auditorium in city’s Kawran Bazar.  

Those who got cards were selected in 2016.

The CIP status include: among various privileges, the CIPs will get special passes to enter the secretariat, use special stickers on their cars, and receive invitations to attend some public functions.

They will also get priority in seat reservations in airlines, railways, roads and public transports in the waterways, and get letters of introduction from the foreign ministry for traveling abroad.

The awardees and their dependants will also get cabins in hospitals on a priority basis.

BDST: 1944 DEC 18, 2018

AH/SMS