Speaking as the chief guest at a meeting with the leaders of Rangpur Chamber of Commerce and Industry (RCCI) at RDRS Begum Rokeya Auditorium on Friday, the speaker said labour and raw materials for agro-based industries are quite cheap and available here.

He also said greater Rangpur and Dinajpur districts will be brought under pipeline gas supply network for the sake of industrialisation.

The entrepreneurs in the region, as he said, only lack courage. RCCI President Mostafa Azad Chowdhury Babu presided over the meeting attended, among others, by State Minister for Housing and Public Works Alamgir Kabir, RCCI Vice President Amirul Islam Khokon.

The speaker inquired about the prospects and setbacks the business leaders are facing in the region.

He assured them of all out supports of the government in this regard.