Economic Reporter :
Bangladesh Economic Zones Authority (BEZA) has received investment proposals amounting to around US Dollar 20.50 billion from 151 local and foreign business entities thanks to various steps of government to attract new investments, officials said.
BEZA is responsible for establishing and managing of state-run special economic zones (SEZs) across the country.
Out of the investment proposals, top officials of BEZA said, around $2.80 billion has already been invested in different SEZs.
Around $4.808 billion will come as foreign direct investment (FDI) from different companies in Japan, China, South Korea, India, Thailand, Australia, the UK, the Netherland and the USA.