FDI

What are we doing wrong in attracting FDI?

What can we do better? Why is Vietnam successful and not us?

FDI needed for RMG's sustainability

Bangladesh is very good at making cotton clothes but non-cotton products could be bolstered by foreign investment

Bangladesh needs to improve investment climate to attract FDI

American companies want to invest in five sectors, namely IT, education, healthcare, energy and infrastructure, said John Fay, commercial counselor of the US Embassy in Dhaka.

Japan: a growing source of trade, investment

It all started in early 2008 when the Japanese government announced the “China Plus One Strategy” to cut its over-reliance on the manufacturing behemoth by setting up business operations in other countries.

Fragmenting FDI hits emerging economies hardest

As geopolitical tensions rise, companies and policymakers are increasingly looking at strategies to make supply chains more resilient by moving production home or to trusted countries.

PM seeks robust Japanese investment in Bangladesh

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today urged the Japanese businessmen to make larger investment in Bangladesh.

ICB could lose Tk 438cr for unusual investment decisions

Unusual investment decisions made by the state-run Investment Corporation of Bangladesh (ICB) could inflict a loss of Tk 438 crore on taxpayers as the funds have either turned into default loans or remained largely unrealised, according to an audit report.

MAKING BANGLADESH AN ATTRACTIVE FDI DESTINATION : Challenges and options

FDIs have two competing interests: economic development for host states and profit maximisation for foreign investors. It is the lure

FDI in Apparel Sector / 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).

June 9, 2024
June 9, 2024

What are we doing wrong in attracting FDI?

What can we do better? Why is Vietnam successful and not us?

November 29, 2023
November 29, 2023

FDI needed for RMG's sustainability

Bangladesh is very good at making cotton clothes but non-cotton products could be bolstered by foreign investment

September 21, 2023
September 21, 2023

Bangladesh needs to improve investment climate to attract FDI

American companies want to invest in five sectors, namely IT, education, healthcare, energy and infrastructure, said John Fay, commercial counselor of the US Embassy in Dhaka.

July 23, 2023
July 23, 2023

Japan: a growing source of trade, investment

It all started in early 2008 when the Japanese government announced the “China Plus One Strategy” to cut its over-reliance on the manufacturing behemoth by setting up business operations in other countries.

April 9, 2023
April 9, 2023

Fragmenting FDI hits emerging economies hardest

As geopolitical tensions rise, companies and policymakers are increasingly looking at strategies to make supply chains more resilient by moving production home or to trusted countries.

December 11, 2022
December 11, 2022

PM seeks robust Japanese investment in Bangladesh

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today urged the Japanese businessmen to make larger investment in Bangladesh.

December 11, 2022
December 11, 2022

ICB could lose Tk 438cr for unusual investment decisions

Unusual investment decisions made by the state-run Investment Corporation of Bangladesh (ICB) could inflict a loss of Tk 438 crore on taxpayers as the funds have either turned into default loans or remained largely unrealised, according to an audit report.

February 26, 2019
February 26, 2019

MAKING BANGLADESH AN ATTRACTIVE FDI DESTINATION : Challenges and options

FDIs have two competing interests: economic development for host states and profit maximisation for foreign investors. It is the lure

April 9, 2018
April 9, 2018

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).

July 2, 2015
July 2, 2015

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.