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Leaders of Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCCI) are interest to invest in Bangladesh’s the economic zones (EZs).
They expressed the interest during a view-exchange meeting with executive chairman of Bangladesh Economic Zones Authority (Beza) Shaikh Yusuf Harun on Monday at the Beza office in Agargaon of Dhaka, according to a press statement.
A 20-member delegation of Bengal Chamber, led by its president Gautom Roy, is currently staying in Bangladesh on a five-day visit to identify the potential sectors of investment.
At Monday’s meeting, Beza General Manager Md Hasan Arif made a powerpoint presentation on the overall operations of the organization.
Also speaking on the occasion, Beza Executive Chairman Shaikh Yusuf Harun said economic zones are being set up across the country for the sake of industrialisation.
He said they are expecting to fetch additional export receipts of $40 billion per year by 2030 from these economic zones.
Responding to queries of the BCCI delegation, Harun said Bangladesh and India have a striking cultural and traditional affinity and Beza is working hard to further consolidate this bilateral relationship through the establishment economic zones.
BEZA has so far set up some two economic zones – one in Mongla and another one in Mirsarai, Chattogram for the Indian investors. The organisation is also working to create scopes for investment at bordering districts like Kushtia, Panchagarh, Bogura and Nilphamari.
According to Harun, some 38 firms have already started their commercial operations at the economic zones of which five are in the government economic zones while 33 are in private economic zones.
Besides, operations of the country’s first planned and smart economic zone, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Shilpa Nagar, is going on in full swing while all kinds of necessary utilities have also been ensured there, he added. As per the proposed investment proposals, there will be investment of $17.50 billion in that economic zone.
