A high-level delegation from the Government of Bangladesh led by Chowdhury Ashik Mahmud Bin Harun, executive chairman of the Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (BIDA) and the Bangladesh Economic Zones Authority (BEZA), has departed for China to promote and facilitate foreign direct investment...
The net foreign direct investment witnessed a robust hike of 114.31 per cent in the first quarter or January-March period of 2025 to $864.63 million, according to recent data published by the Bangladesh Investment Development Authority.
IN A global economic environment that remains shaky and uneven, China鈥檚 ability to attract foreign direct investment is more than just a bright spot. It is a quiet vindication of long-term planning, policy stability and a commitment to innovation-led growth. Contrary to western narratives of economic decoupling or investor flight, the latest data paint a far more grounded...
With investments worth $300 million in renewable energy getting stuck, Bangladesh faces hard time in attracting foreign direct investment in energy transition, said the Centre for Policy Dialogue on Monday...
The World Bank said in a report Monday that foreign direct investment into developing economies has hit the lowest level since 2005, citing growing trade and investment barriers...
Foreign Investors鈥� Chamber of Commerce and Industry president Zaved Akhtar on Wednesday opined that the proposed national budget for the 2025-26 financial year聽will not increase confidence level for enhancing foreign direct investment...
ASHIK Chowdhury, the executive chairman of the Bangladesh Investment Development Authority, has become a strong advocate for a reform agenda aimed at fast-tracking foreign direct investment, deregulation, public-private partnerships, and labour flexibility. These new BIDA proposals, however framed as pragmatic instruments of development, express the deepest...
The country鈥檚 economists and businesses urged the government to focus on policy and structural changes to attract more foreign direct investment...
Legal Counsel, a corporate law firm, recently published a booklet titled 鈥楩oreign Direct Investment: The Legal Framework鈥�, said a press release on Saturday.
The Bangladesh Export Processing Zone Authority drew 29 per cent of the total foreign direct investment of the country in the 2023-24 financial year, claimed the BEPZA...
Dhaka has urged all Bangladesh missions abroad to design strategy to attract foreign direct investment to Bangladesh from their respective host countries...
The Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (BIDA) has launched Bangladesh鈥檚 FDI Heatmap, a data-driven framework, to attract the Foreign Direct Investment...
The Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry on Monday sought enhanced technological cooperation from South Korea to strengthen Bangladesh鈥檚 industrial capacity and attract more foreign direct investment...
Chief adviser鈥檚 special envoy Lutfey Siddiqi on Saturday invited British businessmen and businesswomen, including people of Bangladeshi origin, to invest in Bangladesh, saying the Interim government has undertaken sweeping reforms to attract foreign direct investment...
India received about 39 per cent of the total outward foreign direct investments by Bangladeshi firms in the 2023-24 financial year...
The governing body of the Korean Export Processing Zone, headed by the chief adviser, decided on Monday to fast-track its land registration and ease its bond licensing procedure to turn the key industrial park into a foreign direct investment hub...
The Bangladesh Investment Development Authority, the country鈥檚 apex investment promotion agency, is leading the formation of a foreign direct investment heatmap in collaboration with global and local stakeholders to strategically position Bangladesh as a premier FDI destination...
THE decline of foreign direct investment to a decade鈥檚 low in the 2023鈥�24 financial year raises concern and warrants the attention of authorities. The foreign direct investment declined by 8.80 per cent to $1.47 billion from $1.6 billion in the 2023 financial year, as the Bangladesh Bank says. The figure was $3.44 billion in the 2022 financial year. The FDI flow...
The foreign direct investment flow to the country in FY23鈥�24 dropped to a decade low amid negative credit rating, dollar shortage, political uncertainty, inefficient bureaucracy and...
The American Chamber of Commerce in Bangladesh on Wednesday urged the government to establish a transparent and predictable legal and regulatory framework to attract potential foreign direct investment...
The American Chamber of Commerce in Bangladesh put forward a set of recommendations, including trade facilitation, public sector modernisation and enhancing digital payment infrastructure to attract foreign direct investment and improve the ease of doing business in the country...
Private investors in a seminar on Tuesday demanded speedy implementation of the National Logistic Policy-2024 while senior government officials suggested that the businesses should bring foreign direct investment to supply chain management...
The Foreign Direct Investment Promotion Project has disbursed Tk聽364.90 crore in the form of 35 loans to 19 borrowers...
International Chamber of Commerce, Bangladesh on Monday said that Bangladesh was struggling with attracting foreign direct investment to the country as, despite being the second largest economy in South Asia, the country...