M Humayun Kabir: Bangladesh government is ready to offer one or more Special Economic Zones for Qatari investors exclusively which they can develop and operate as per their own desires and needs.
“Qatari business leaders can take advantage of the most liberal investment policy of Bangladesh among the South Asian countries and the comparative advantage in terms of market access, trainable and competitive youth workforce and competitive wages,” said State Minister for Foreign Affairs M Shahriar Alam, reports UNB.
He invited them to invest in capital market, energy, telecommunications and IT, petrochemicals, pharmaceuticals, ship building, agro-processing, human resource development, water, marine hi-tech manufacturing and microprocessors in Bangladesh.
Shahriar Alam was addressing a seminar on ‘Foreign Direct Investment Opportunities in Bangladesh’ jointly organized by Bangladesh Forum Qatar in cooperation with the Qatar Financial Centre (QFC) at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Doha on Saturday as the chief guest, said a PID handout yesterday.
The State Minister told the Qatari business leaders that there are eight fully operational EPZs in Bangladesh and 100 Special Economic Zones are under process in different parts of the country.
Bangladesh Ambassador to Qatar Ashud Ahmed said Qatar would provide excellent platform for projecting Bangladesh’s investment potentials among the Qatari business leaders and investors and contribute to the strengthening bilateral relations of two brotherly countries.
Chief Executive Officer of the Qatar Financial Centre (QFC) Yousuf Al Jaida said the seminar is a way forward to making partnership with Bangladesh.
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