Housing and Public Works Minister Engineer Mosharraf Hossain stressed the need for providing more incentives, including tax holiday, to the investors in 100 economic zones across the country.
“Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina set up Bangladesh Economic Zones Authority (BEZA) and took initiatives to uphold Bangladesh as a developed country.
Now the construction works are going on in these economic zones”, the minister said. He was addressing as chief guest a seminar on ‘Attraction to Invest in Economic Zones’ at Hotel Radisson Blue Chittagong on Sunday as Chief Guest.
The minister said the government also has a plan to offer a separate economic zone for Chinese investors.
“Many Chinese and Japanese investors are showing interests to set up automobiles, garments, electronics and consumer goods industries in Bangladesh”, he added.He said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has reduced 25 percent land value in these economic zones to attract the foreign investors.
Bangladesh Economic Zones Authority Chairman Paban Chowdhury presided over the seminar while Divisional Commissioner of Chittagong Ruhul Amin, Chittagong Chamber of Commerce and Industry President Mahbubul Alam, Deputy Commissioner of Chittagong Shamsul Arefin, experts and businessmen, among others, addressed it.
