Dhaka, Jan 1 Urging businessmen to increase productivity to survive in the competitive world of today, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said they should aim for creating quality, standard and attractive products.

She was speaking after opening the month-long Dhaka International Trade Fair.

The event aims to showcase Bangladeshi products to bolster export. Companies from home and abroad will be displaying their inventory in 500 stalls, reports the Daily Star.

The commerce ministry and the Export Promotion Bureau, the organisers, allocated 48 stalls to foreign companies and the rest to local companies, an official of the ministry said.

Companies from 14 countries - India, Pakistan, China, Malaysia, Iran, Thailand, US, Turkey, Singapore, Australia, the UK, UAE, South Korea and Germany - will participate in the fair at Sher-e-Bangla Nagar in Dhaka that will end on January 31.

The fair will be open to visitors from 9 a. m. to 10 p. m. (ANI)