Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday told parliament that registration letters have been issued against 556 joint-venture investment projects with the total investment outlay of Tk 82,000 crore during the previous AL-led Grand Alliance government from 2009 to 2013.
Sheikh Hasina, also the Leader of the House, revealed this while replying to a tabled question from ruling party MP M Nurul Islam Sujon (Panchagarh-2) during her scheduled question-answer session in parliament in the afternoon.
Besides, she said, registration letters have been been issued against 306 industrial projects with a total investment of Tk 6,500 crore.
During the period, the Prime Minister said, countries like France, Australia, Japan, China, Italy, Germany, South Korea, India, the USA, Spain, Thailand, Singapore and the UK have invested in Bangladesh’s industrial and commercial sectors.
Hasina said various industrial entrepreneurs of these countries have also shown their keen interest to invest in Bangladesh’s agro-based industries, textile industries, chemical industries, engineering industries, food and allied, leather products and services sector.
Highlighting various steps of her government to provide timely services to the investors, Hasina said various infrastructural and investment related services are being provided to the investors through one stop service cell, online registration of the industries, easing the process for formation of companies to set up industries, formation of the Private Export Processing Zone Cell under the Prime Minister’s Office to facilitate private investment as well as formation of the Bangladesh Economic Zone Authority.
“Besides, works are going on to set up two private export processing zones and five economic zones,” she told the House.
