Govt to develop 100 SEZs for investors: Tofail

Staff Correspondent: Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed said Bangladesh is developing 100 Special Economic Zones (SEZs) where each country would get a separate zone.

The minister was addressing as chief guest 'Horasis Asia Meeting' at a hotel in Kolkata organized by Switzerland-based organization Horasis in cooperation with the West Bengal Government and Indian Chamber of Commerce (ICC), said an official release received here on Monday.

He said, "Investors from different countries have moved forward with investment as the government has announced special facilities for the investors."

Tofail Ahmed said foreign investors could take back the investment with profit anytime and the government has secured the interest of investors by enacting laws.

Myanmar's Mandalay Region Chief Minister Zaw Myint and ICC President Shashwat Goenka, among others, also spoke in the meeting with Horasis President Frank Jurger Richter in the chair.


risingbd/Dhaka/Nov 27, 2017/Hasan/Nasim