Commerce Adviser Sk. Bashir Uddin has urged the Japanese entrepreneurs and businessmen to come forward to invest more in Bangladesh.
He made the call while speaking as chief guest at a seminar on ‘Investment Promotion’ at a hotel in Tokyo this morning.
The commerce adviser assured of extending all necessary cooperation to the Japanese businessmen who are interested to invest in Bangladesh.
He said that Japan is a very trusted friend of Bangladesh and also the largest development partner of Bangladesh as a single country.
He also thanked the Japanese government for its continued support and cooperation towards the development of Bangladesh, said a ministry press release.
At the seminar, Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (BIDA) executive chairman Chowdhury Ashik Mahmud Bin Harun made a power-point presentation on investment opportunities in Bangladesh.
Nahian Rahman Rochi, head of business development, BIDA, and Yuji Ando, Representative of JETRO in Bangladesh, participated in the panel discussion titled “Investment Potentials in Post-Reform Bangladesh”.
Bangladesh Ambassador to Japan Md. Daud Ali, senior vice president of JICA Sachiko Imoto, senior vice president of JETRO Kazuya Nakajo spoke at the seminar.
The economic minister of the Bangladesh Embassy in Japan, BIDA head of business development, representatives from the Bangladesh Bank and NBR, and Commercial Counselor Tokyo were present at the event.
The seminar was jointly organized by Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (BIDA), Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO). More than a hundred entrepreneurs and businessmen from Japan participated in the seminar.
Meanwhile, Commerce Adviser Sk Bashir Uddin met with Ogushi Masaki, State Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan today and discussed in details the bilateral trade, investment and economic partnership agreement and the Public-Private Economic Dialogue (PPED).
In the meeting, the Commerce Adviser requested the Japanese State Minister to take measures so that more Japanese companies invest in Bangladesh.
Bashir said that currently there is a favorable investment situation in Bangladesh as Bangladesh Single Window (BSW) has been launched in the country to provide services to the investors in a speedy manner.
He requested the Japanese investors to avail of this service.
The State Minister for Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan also urged the Commerce Adviser to expedite the process for Economic Partnership Agreement.
In the meeting, both the Adviser and the State Minister expressed their keen intention to work together to strengthen the bilateral trade.
The meeting was attended, among others, by Bangladesh Ambassador to Japan Md. Daud Ali, JICA senior vice president Sachiko Imoto, JETRO senior vice president Kazuya Nakajo, economic minister of the Bangladesh Embassy, deputy head of mission of the Embassy, BIDA head of business development, representatives from the Bangladesh Bank, NBR and Commercial Counselor in Tokyo.
Source: BSS
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