China is top foreign investor in the country's economic zones (EZ) as the number of its formal proposals outstrips 13 other nations. Between fiscal year 2018 and December of 2020, China grabbed more than one-third of the proposals made in the zones, according to...
The government will form a virtual platform involving 78 foreign missions and other officials concerned to help attract more foreign direct investment (FDI), Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen said yesterday. Like China and India, the two neighbouring economic giants, Bangladesh has also become a...
The year 2021 will open a lot of scopes for local investors and the country's special economic zone looks set to see a flow of foreign investments, particularly from Japan and China, in areas like electric car plant, says Salman F Rahman, private sector industry and investment...
The government is set to raise Tk 80 billion through sukuk or Islamic bonds this December and they will mature in five years, said officials at the financial institutions division. For the first time in the country's history, the government is going to borrow...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday invited Sweden and Spain to invest in Bangladesh’s special economic zones (SEZs) and hi-tech parks, and enjoy the government offered facilities. She made the call when the newly appointed Swedish and Spanish ambassadors in Dhaka met her separately at her official...
The value of greenfield investment project announcements – an indicator of future foreign direct investment trend – fell by 78 per cent in Bangladesh in the first eight months of 2020 because of the coronavirus pandemic, said the Unctad yesterday. The Global Investment Trends Monitor of the...
To further augment scope of foreign investment in the country,  11 more services of the Bangladesh Economic Zones Authority (BEZA) One Stop Service (OSS) Centre have come under online for ensuring quicker services for the investors of the Special Economic Zones (SEZs). The services are titled Application...
Prime Minister's Private Industry and Investment Adviser Salman Fazlur Rahman on Saturday said the government is working on policy reforms, aiming to attract more foreign direct investment (FDI). "Almost at all top levels of the government, there has been a realisation that we need to change the...
Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal on Thursday urged the newly appointed Korean Ambassador to Bangladesh Lee Jang-Keun to play an important role in bringing more Korean investors to Bangladesh. The Finance Minister made the call during a virtual meeting with the Korean Ambassador, said a Finance Ministry...
Bangladesh and Qatar should look forward to enhancing diversified engagements in trade considering Bangladesh's highly potential investment ecosystem, said Sheikh Fazle Fahim, president of the Federation of Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and Industries (FBCCI).  "We hope potential investors from Qatar would continue to consider Bangladesh's investment potential...