“Enriched char, developed country” – with this slogan a total of 3 char agri-business Fair organized at the Fulchari College premises of Fuchari upazilla, Gaibandha from 2-4 November 2018, at the Jatrapur haat of Jatrapur upazilla of Kurigram district from 21-23 January 2019 and at Kazipur, Sirajganj from 2-4 February 2019 . Chars are the vulnerable, hard-to-reach riverine islands formed through soil erosion and deposition. Households living on the chars are deeply challenged with geographic isolation, limited or no access to basic and economic services and coupled with various natural calamities. With the support of Making Markets Work for Chars (M4C) Project, the fair is being jointly organized by Fullstop Solutions Ltd., SKS Foundation, NDP , MJSKS and Char Development Research Centre (CDRC) is jointly organizing this event. The fair aspires to create access to better quality products for the char-dwellers as well as to assist private companies to explore the business potential in the char region.
Honorable Deputy Speaker of Bangladesh Parliament Md. Fazle Rabbi Miah, MP will be the chief guest of the inaugural ceremony of this fair. Dr. Md. Abdur Rashid, Director, CDRC and Project Director M4C, Mr. Sebastin Rema, District Commissioner, Gaibandha; Mr. Muhammad Abdul Halim Tolstoy, Upazilla Nirbahi Officer, Fulchari, Gaibandha; Mr. Mohammad Habibur Rahman, Upazilla Chairman, Fulchari, Gaibandha will be the special guests of the inaugural session of this event.
In this three days long event advanced and scientific agricultural equipment, mobile banking operators, motor vehicle, agri-machineries, cosmetics, and mobile handsets sellers will be exhibiting their products.