Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)

Bangladesh attracts second highest FDI in South Asia

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.
11 June 2022, 18:00 PM

FDI goes up but lower than expected

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.  
24 April 2022, 18:00 PM

Coca-Cola announces $200 million investment in Bangladesh

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.
3 March 2020, 12:24 PM

FDI increases by 50.73 percent in FY 2018-19

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.
21 October 2019, 12:58 PM

Record FDI in 2018

Bangladesh received net foreign direct investment (FDI) amounting to $3.61 billion in 2018, its highest yet thanks to the one-off
24 June 2019, 18:00 PM

Time to adopt a visionary approach

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).
8 April 2018, 18:00 PM

Payra Seaport to be built on G-to-G basis

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.
21 June 2016, 13:59 PM

FDI could be more

According to central bank data, foreign direct investment (FDI) rose 31 percent over the last one year to US$2.7 billion.
26 April 2016, 18:00 PM

A paradigm shift in Sheikh Hasina's development policy

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.
3 February 2016, 18:00 PM

High capital flight outwards

According to the report titled “Illegal Financial Flows from Developing Countries: 2004-2013” published by Global Financial Integrity...
10 December 2015, 18:00 PM

How grave is the investment situation?

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.
7 December 2015, 18:00 PM

Bangladesh needs a new investment regime

Looking at the trend in the investment-GDP ratio since 1979-80, we can suggest four different investment regimes in Bangladesh.
1 July 2015, 18:00 PM

First fall in FDI in four years

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.
25 June 2015, 18:00 PM

All eyes on the South

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.
24 May 2015, 18:00 PM