PM urges expatriates to invest in country

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged the Bangladeshi expatriates in the USA to invest in their motherland.

The Prime Minister made the call at a civic reception at LaGuardia Airport Marriot Hotel in New York on Friday night.

The Prime Minister said her government has been offering attractive stimulus packages and advantages to the investors at home and abroad.

Mentioning that as many as 100 economic zones are being set up across the country, she said Bangladeshi expatriates and the Americans can invest in Bangladesh capitalizing on the benefits offered by her government.

The New York Awami League and its associate bodies accorded reception to the Premier who arrived in the USA on September 19 via Helsinki to attend the 76th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).