Lanka invites BD investment

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Economic Reporter :
Sri Lankan high commissioner to Bangladesh Yasoja Gunasekera invited Bangladesh’s top business companies for investment in her country with a view to expanding bilateral economic ties for mutual benefit.
The Lankan envoy was addressing diplomatic correspondents at DCAB Talk at Sagar-Runi auditorium at Dhaka Reporters Unity (DRU) in city on Thursday.
‘Sri Lanka would like to invite top Bangladesh companies to invest in the country as the Lankan companies have already invested more than USD 300 million in Bangladesh,’ Gunasekera said.
‘We will have a particular interest to work in partnership with friends like Bangladesh in Asia and our immediate neighbors along the Bay of Bengal to mutually beneficial economic cooperation,’ she further added.
The Sri Lankan envoy said, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, having close partnership with India and China, can explore huge trade potential in the region for mutual benefit going beyond ‘traditional economic thinking’.
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