Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday asked the global investors to invest in countryโ€™s non-conventional potential areas.

She was addressing the Country Strategy Dialogue (CSD) on Bangladesh at the India Economic Summit 2019 of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in New Delhi.

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โ€œItโ€™s time for global investors, particularly the Indian entrepreneurs, to invest in Bangladesh beyond the conventional menu in areas like education, light-engineering, electronics etc,โ€ she said.

She said that the country was moving fast to a high-value, knowledge-intensive society, beyond apparel manufacturing.

โ€œLast year Bangladesh exported 12 industrial robots to Korea while four ships made in Bangladesh have come to India,โ€ Hasina said.

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โ€œRecently, Reliance purchased a large number of refrigerators made in Bangladesh,โ€ the PM further said.
โ€œBangladesh also has 600,000 IT freelancers โ€“ the largest freelancing community,โ€ she added.

Hasina further informed that the country offers the most liberal investment regime in South Asia โ€“ in terms of the legal protection of foreign investment, generous fiscal incentives, concession on machinery import etc.

โ€œBangladesh is establishing 100 Special Economic Zones, with one-stop service across the country,โ€ Hasina further said.

โ€œ12 such Zones are already functioning while two are reserved for Indian investors,โ€ the PM added.

Speaking further the Bangladeshi PM also informed that a number of high-tech parks are also ready for technology and innovative enterprises.

Adding further the Prime Minister said, โ€œBetween Eastern and Northeast India, China on the west and South-East Asia, Bangladesh deserves the attention of global and Indian business as a seamless economic space.โ€

She further said Bangladesh can serve as the economic hub for the sub-region.

โ€œBeyond our own 162 million people, Bangladesh can be the connecting landmass to a combined market of nearly 3 billion people,โ€ Hasina added.

She also informed that by 2030 around 48 per cent of the countryโ€™s population will live in towns and cities.