EZs to change face of Bangladesh
BEZA executive chairman tells the Daily Sun
Staff Correspondent
Paban Chowdhury
Bangladesh Economic Zones Authority (BEZA) is working relentlessly to attract foreign investment and facilitating industrialisation through economic zones, BEZA Executive Chairman Paban Chowdhury has said.
“But no transformative change comes in a day,” the BEZA Chairman noted in an interview with the Daily Sun.
Paban Chowdhury also talked about the progress in economic zone projects, the latest foreign investment scenario and future plans of BEZA in attracting and facilitating large-scale investment.
Despite the economic fallout caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, Bangladesh has been maintaining a positive trend in trade and economy, investment and employment.
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“As the pandemic started in China, Japanese companies needed to diversify” their supply chains further, Naoki Ito, the Japanese ambassador to Bangladesh, said in an interview.
FM Momen invites more foreign investment in Bangladesh being globally lauded for its miracle GDP, other indicators
Diplomatic Correspondent
11th February, 2021 01:24:43
Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has said Bangladesh is globally lauded as a Development Miracle in terms of GDP growth and sustainable socio-economic developments, has emerged as a very lucrative destination for investment.
This has been made possible by formulating pragmatic policies, by offering attractive incentives and by a supportive government that remains vigilant to improve the investment eco-system in the country.
He was Addressing at the webinar on Increasing FDI into the Economic Zones of Bangladesh: Role of Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Thursday.
Ecnec approves Tk 4,347 crore Bangabandhu Shilpa Nagar Development Project
Total 8 projects worth around Tk 11,324 crore approved
Photo taken from BSS. BSS, Dhaka BSS, Dhaka
The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) today approved a project of Tk 4,347.21 crore to develop Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Shilpa Nagar (BSMSN) as a state of the art and international standard greener economic zone of the country.
The approval came at the 21st meeting of the Ecnec in the current fiscal year, held with its Chairperson and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair. The premier chaired the meeting virtually from her official Gono Bhaban residence.