Staff Reporter:
Prime Minister Tarique Rahman yesterday assured foreign investors of the government’s all-out support, saying Bangladesh is ready to facilitate investment and provide a favorable business environment.
“Bangladesh currently offers a favorable environment for investment…The government is ready to pro-vide all necessary support to interested foreign investors,” he said.
The Prime Minister made the remarks when a delegation of the American Chamber of Commerce in Bangladesh (AmCham) paid a courtesy call on him at the Cabinet Division meeting room at Bangladesh Secretariat yesterday.
An eight-member AmCham delegation, led by its president and Mastercard Vice President Syed Mo-hammad Kamal, met the Prime Minister.
During the meeting, the AmCham representatives informed the Prime Minister that the organization’s new committee, which assumed office about two months ago, is working to attract greater US invest-ment to Bangladesh and further deepening commercial ties between the two countries.
Commerce Minister Khandakar Abdul Muktadir, Prime Minister’s adviser on Posts, Telecommunica-tions, Information Technology, Science and Technology Rehan Asif Asad, Bangladesh Investment De-velopment Authority (BIDA) Executive Chairman Chowdhury Ashik Mahmud Bin Harun, were present.
