Bangladeshi ‘fruits festival' held in Kuwait
The fruit festival held on Friday night was presided over by the President of Bangladesh Cricket Association Kuwait, Jahangir Khan Palash. The chief guest was the Head of Shuwaikh Municipality, Khaled Sultan Al Uchaimi. The special guests were the President of Bangladesh Press Club Kuwait, Senior Journalist Moin Uddin Sarkar Sumon, Senior Vice President of Cricket Association, Sarowardi, Engineer Atiqur Rahman, Engineer Zulfikar Pathik. The overall supervision of the fruit festival was provided by the General Secretary of the Cricket Association, Moazzem Hossain, Ismail Hossain, and Organizing Secretary Anwar Kalam. For the first time, the guests at the Bangladesh Fruit Festival tasted the juicy fruits of Bangladesh.
The guests were full of praise for the best Amrapali mango of Bangladesh. Khaled Sultan Al Uchaimi said, 'This is the first time I am eating the national fruit of Bangladesh, jackfruit, in Kuwait. And the mango is, in a word, amazing! 100% pure, full of flavor. If these fruits are imported to Kuwait all the time, I am sure everyone will love them and want more.
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'If the governments of Bangladesh and Kuwait come together and make arrangements to officially import fruits and serve these fruits in big markets, then if someone eats them once, they will want to eat them again and again. Bangladeshi fruits are truly world-class. If Kuwait-Bangladesh advance in agricultural trade, the people of both countries will benefit'. Senior journalist Moin Uddin Sarkar Sumon, president of Bangladesh Press Club Kuwait, spoke to Bangladeshi fruit importers in Kuwait.
Moin Uddin Sarkar Sumon said that after talking to importers, he learned that many businessmen have improved the quality of packaging on their own initiative. Due to the low airfares of different airlines, the price of the products fluctuates a lot. If high-level officials of the two countries pay attention to the issue, it is possible to improve a lot. Expatriate Bangladeshis are happy to come to the seasonal fruit festival in the desert country, they say that such an event should be held every year, and on a large scale. The organizers say that their aim is not only to display the fruits, but also to showcase Bangladeshi agricultural products in the international market.
If there is a regular supply in a market like Kuwait, this will be a huge opportunity for farmers. If these fruits of Bangladesh are regularly available in the Kuwaiti market, the demand will increase manifold. Those concerned believe that this will not only be a sweet example of trade, but also of friendship between the people of the two countries.
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