Housing and Public Works Minister, Engr. Mosharraf Hossain MP declared that the Government would give a piece of land for the Institution of Textile Engineers & Technologists (ITET) Bangladesh for their own building at Uttara, Dhaka within one month. The minister announced it in the Installation Ceremony of 14 central executive committee of ITET on October 17, 2017 at IEB auditorium in the city.

“I extend my heartiest congratulations for all newly elected member of ITET and I hope the textile engineers as well ITET will play vital role to contribute 50 billion export earnings by 2021”, said Engr. Mosharraf Hossain MP.

“We are passing very challenging time when we are working to achieve $50 billion by 2021. We all have to work more proactively to achieve the target. Textile engineers are the key persons who can help to achieve the target”, said ITET President Engr. Shafiqur Rahman.

He also said that ITET actively working with BUTEX, BTMC, BJRI, BSTI, Customs, Cotton Board to solve the problems and help to make textile policy, jute policy, industry policy, economic policy. Engr. Shafiqur Rahman gave proposal to the government to give opportunity of being BCS cadre for textile engineering students and land for ITET’s own building.

State minister for Textile and Jute, Mirza Azam MP said, “The issue of the inclusion of textile in BCS cadre is under process. More than 85 percent of the export revenue comes from this sector. But there is no law for this sector. The act is drafted, we hopefully will pass textile act by December”, Mirza Azam added.

“We do not need GSP. Without GSP, America is taking the garments from us mostly”, said Mahbubul Alam Hanif MP, Joint General Secretary, Bangladesh Awami League. “ITET play a vital role to promote and protect socio economic changes in case of career knowledge sharing, research and development”, he added.

The Chief Election Commissioner, Professor Md. Monirul Islam, Registrar, BUTEX read the oath of 27 freshly elected Executive Committee (EC) members of 14th Council of ITET at the Installation Ceremony. Earlier, on 16 June 2017, 27 freshly elected Executive Committee (EC) members of 14th Council of the full panel has been elected uncontested.

Md. Shahid Ullah Khandaker, Secretary, Ministry of Housing & Public Works; Engr.Masud Ahmed, Vice-Chancellor, Bangladesh University of Textiles; Engr. Md. Abdus Sabur, secretary , IEB; Engr. Md. Shamsuzzaman, Engr. Mozzafar Ahmed, former presidents, ITET; Engr. Shakhawat Hossain Talukder, Secretory General, ITET; Engr. Md. Selim Reza, Senior Vice President, ITET also delivered speech at the Installation Ceremony.