The implementation of the government’s plan to bring about large-scale industrialisation is in the slow lane as only two state-run economic zones are currently ready for setting up factories although Bangladesh set out nearly seven years ago to establish them.
A total of 1,000 acres of land in Araihazar upazila of Narayanganj has been prepared for a special economic zone (SEZ) dedicated to Japanese investors, according to Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal.
Non-garment exporters should be allowed to import raw materials duty-free under the bonded warehouse privilege as it would help diversify the country’s export basket, the Business Initiative Leading Development (BUILD) said yesterday.
The garment makers’ platform has urged Bangladesh Economic Zones Authority (Beza) to quickly complete all construction works of the garment village at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Shilpa Nagar in Mirsarai in Chattogram.