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August 20, 2000
Dhaka, Aug 19 (UNB) – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina invited Japanese entrepreneurs to invest more in Bangladesh to cash in on an attractive package of incentives on offer for foreign investors. “I’m sure Japanese investors and entrepreneurs would find investment in Bangladesh very profitable and rewarding,” she said hosting a banquet in honour of visiting Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori at Hotel Sheraton this (Saturday) evening. Hasina apprised her counterpart of her government’s development philosophy based on private sector-led growth and equitable sharing of its benefit. “Our goal is sustained economic development and its equitable sharing...We have encouraged the private sector to act as the engine of growth,” she told the function. The Bangladesh Prime Minister noted with happiness that Japanese investors have made Bangladesh one of their “preferred destinations”. She expressed the confidence that Mori’s visit would serve as a catalyst in strengthening the existing excellent bilateral relations between Dhaka and Tokyo. “Our bilateral relations, I’m assure, will be further strengthened to mutual benefit in economic, political, cultural and social fields.” The Prime Minister noted that Japanese are one of the first nations to visualize the endless possibilities that could result from a fusion of communications and computer technologies. She lauded creativity, discipline and dedication of Japanese people that enabled that country to attain spectacular economic development. |