Referring that the fiscal and non-fiscal incentives are offered by Bangladesh to foreign investors, the Bangladesh Ambassador to Japan Shahabuddin Ahmed on Wednesday urged Japanese investors to take these opportunities and come forward to invest in Special and other Economic Zones.
The ambassador also encouraged representatives of Japanese companies to visit Bangladesh by the Biman Bangladesh Airline’s direct flight and physically experience the investment environment in Bangladesh.
He was addressing a seminar, jointly organized by the Embassy of Bangladesh in Japan and Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) on ‘Investment opportunities in economic zones in Bangladesh’ at the Seminar Hall of JETRO Headquarter, Tokyo.
Executive Chairman of Bangladesh Economic Zone Authority (BEZA) Shaikh Yusuf Harun also spoke on the occasion among others.
BEZA Executive Chairman Shaikh Yusuf Harun shared BEZA’s initiatives to establish 100 economic zones with aims to create 10 million jobs in Bangladesh. He expressed BEZA’s intention to further improve the investment scenario through exchange of views with concerned parties.
Executive Vice President of JETRO Mayumi Murayama addressed her view on visits to Bangladesh and mentioned Japanese companies have opportunities for business and investment in Bangladesh. Chiharu Tagawa, Managing Director of Bangladesh Special Economic Zone, gave an introduction on BSEZ, which is a joint venture between Sumitomo Corporation, BEZA and JICA.
With an easy access from Dhaka, BSEZ boasts high standard of infrastructure and has already received investments and has been receiving lot of interests from potential investors.
Lion Corporation, an investor company in BSEZ, also shared their business experiences in Bangladesh.
JETRO Dhaka Country Representative Yuji Ando in his speech mentioned that the Bangladesh economy has been solid even under global volatile economic situation and there is huge opportunities for Japanese companies for business and investment.
Dr. Ariful Haque, Minister (Commerce) of the Embassy explained the support services to Japanese companies by the Embassy.
