Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority (BEPZA) has started allotment of plots of BEPZA Economic Zone to the investors, a press release said on Sunday.
On Sunday, the provisional allotment letters were provided to 10 companies of home & abroad at BEPZA Complex in Dhaka. Executive Chairman, BEPZA Md Nazrul Islam handed over the allotment letters to the investors.
The release mentioned, 70 local & foreign companies have applied expressing their interest to invest in BEPZA Economic Zone located at Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Shilpa Nagar, Mirsharai, Chattogram. Out of them, BEPZA provided provisional allotment to 10 companies.
Among the 10 enterprises, 2 from the UK, 2 from South Korea, 2 from China, 1 from the USA, 1 from Hong Kong, 1 from Canada and the rest is from Bangladesh. The proposed investment of those companies is US$ 334 million where 51,300 Bangladeshi nationals would be employed.
Executive Chairman of BEPZA Nazrul Islam said that the investment of BEPZA increased 79% during January-April, 2021 than the same period of last year. He also said, BEPZA has been contributing around 20% to the total national export and hoped that this contribution would be augmented significantly after being added BEPZA Economic Zone with its 8 EPZs.
General Manager (Investment Promotion) Md. Tanvir Hossain highlighted the overall scenario including the development work of BEPZA Economic Zone at the beginning of the allotment program.
Member (Investment Promotion) Md. Mahmudul Hossain Khan, Member (Engineering) Mohammad Faruque Alam, Member (Finance) Nafisa Banu, Secretary Md. Zakir Hossain Chowdhury, General Manager (PR) Nazma Binte Alamgir, General Manager (ES) Md. Khorshid Alam, Project Director of BEPZA EZ Md. Hafizur Rahman and high officials of BEPZA including foreign & local investors were present in the ceremony.
