Bangladesh needs to ramp up its efforts in elevating competitiveness in attracting foreign direct investment and private investment, experts said yesterday.

The country aims to become a developed economy by 2041 and, in that pursuit, elevating living standards and strengthening private and foreign direct investment (FDI) and tax revenue collection will be critical, said the Foreign Investors' Chamber of Commerce & Industry (Ficci) in a publication unveiled yesterday.

US companies want to invest in five sectors of Bangladesh, namely IT, education, healthcare, energy and infrastructure, said John Fay, commercial counsellor at the US embassy, yesterday. 

Government must build an effective mechanism to support its policy

To create an FDI-friendly environment in Bangladesh, we must first improve governance

Farewell message by HE Li Jiming, Ambassador of China to Bangladesh

Foreign Direct Investment in Bangladesh hit a three-year high last year, enabling the nation to stay as the second most favoured destination in the subcontinent after India, said World Investment Report 2022.

Foreign direct investment to Bangladesh rose 13 per cent year-on-year to $2.89 billion last year, in a positive development for an economy long looking to increase the flow of external funds to accelerate its growth, official figures showed.  

Coca-Cola Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) James Quincey announces an additional investment of USD200 million in Bangladesh over the next five years to expand the business.

The Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) reaches $3.89 billion during 2018-19 fiscal, which is 50.73 per cent higher than that of the previous fiscal.

Bangladesh received net foreign direct investment (FDI) amounting to $3.61 billion in 2018, its highest yet thanks to the one-off

There has been a healthy debate as to whether Bangladesh should open up Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in the apparel sector where, until now, the majority of investors are local entrepreneurs, with the exception of some foreign companies who have invested in garment businesses inside the Export Processing Zones (EPZs).

Shipping Minister Shajahan Khan tells parliament that the Payra Seaport will be built on a government-to-government (G-to-G) and foreign direct investment (FDI) basis.

According to central bank data, foreign direct investment (FDI) rose 31 percent over the last one year to US$2.7 billion.

The investors – both foreign and domestic – are scared to invest in expensive and long-life projects due to the increasing insecurity and disorder. The public order management, police patrol and intelligence need to go through a major overhaul.

According to the report titled “Illegal Financial Flows from Developing Countries: 2004-2013” published by Global Financial Integrity...

The rate of return in Bangladesh is still high enough to attract new businesses. The businesses that desperately seek to install plants in foreign lands did not exhaust domestic possibilities by scanning our potential.

Looking at the trend in the investment-GDP ratio since 1979-80, we can suggest four different investment regimes in Bangladesh.

The government disputed a report brought out by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) which stated that foreign direct investment (FDI) had slipped by 4.5 percent in 2014.

In this backdrop attention has been shifted towards the emerging economies in the global South which have shown promises through strong economic growth during the last two decades.