Business Desk :
The Foreign Investors Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) is going to unveil a research report and explore the road map of the economic progress of Bangladesh today (Sunday).
The event, titled ‘Shombridhdhir Ogrojatra – Accelerating Bangladesh’, will host ministers, advisors, government officials, policymakers, diplomats, business leaders, its members and other stakeholders, said a press release.
FICCI’s research report on ‘Growth Drivers of Bangladesh: Accelerating Investment Opportunities in Agribusiness, Digital Economy, and Green Finance’ is prepared by Policy Exchange of Bangladesh.
Both the event and the research report are to commensurate the 50th year of Independence of Bangladesh and the Birth Century of the Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
At the event, Planning Minister, M.A Mannan, will be present as the Chief Guest, and Salman F Rahman, Private Industry and Investment Adviser to Prime Minister will join as a Special Guest.
Shwapna Bhowmick, EC Member of FICCI and Country Manager of Marks and Spencer will be the Program Chair for the event.
In addition, FICCI President and Managing Director of Berger Paints Bangladesh Rupali Haque Chowdhury, FICCI Vice President and Managing Director of Singer Bangladesh MHM Fairoz, EC member of FICCI and CEO of Standard Chartered Bank Naser Ezaz Bijoy, Executive Director of FICCI TIM Nurul Kabir and many other thought leaders will also be present at the event.
According to the research report, Bangladesh’s resiliency and prosperity can be attributed to a number of causes, including increased private sector involvement, remittances, economic liberalisation, and trade integration.
“Bangladesh intends to become an upper-middle-income-country by 2031 and a developed country by 2041. I believe increasing comparable facilities for investors and improving the ease of current business scenarios of Bangladesh we need to attract more FDI,” said Rupali Haque Chowdhury, FICCI President.
