A parliamentary standing committee recommended the proposal of a smart city on the Bay of Bengal from a consortium of two local and two Chinese companies to the prime minister without consulting with the law ministry, the foreign ministry or any of the national security agencies. There was no environmental impact assessment (EIA), either.
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BEZA gets $27.07b investment proposals
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DHAKA, March 16, 2021 (BSS) – Bangladesh Economic Zones Authority (BEZA) has, so far, received investment proposals amounting to around US$27.07 billion from local and foreign business entities, thanks to various steps of the government to attract new investments.
The proposed investments may create over 10 lakh job opportunities in the country.
Out of the total amount, around $23.97 billion investment proposals have come for the government EZs while $3.1 billion for private EZs.
Of those, around $1.62 billion proposals have been come as foreign direct investment (FDI) from different companies of China, India, the UK, the USA, the Netherlands, Japan, Singapore, Australia, South Korea, Malaysia and Germany.