PM calls upon Bangladeshi expatriates in USA for investment

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, while speaking at a press conference after a civic reception in New York, urged Bangladeshi expatriates in the USA to take her government's attractive offers and invest in their motherland.

"You, the Bangladeshi expatriates, along with US nationals can invest in Bangladesh," she said after being accorded the reception by the US chapter of the Awami League at LaGuardia Airport Marriot Hotel here on Friday night (Bangladesh time early today).

While replying to queries of newsmen working in New York, the Prime Minister told Bangladeshi expatriates that her government has been offering attractive stimulus packages and advantages to investors at home and abroad.

Mentioning that as many as 100 economic zones are being set up across the country, she said Bangladeshi expatriates and Americans can invest in Bangladesh capitalizing on the benefits offered by her government.

"The expatriates will get more advantages to this end," she said.

"We are giving good offers to everyone. Expatriates are being provided with better facilities (in comparison to others). So, they can take the opportunity and invest in Bangladesh," Sheikh Hasina said.

The New York Awami League and its associate bodies accorded a reception to the Premier who arrived in the USA on September 19 via Helsinki to attend the 76th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA).

She will leave New York for Washington DC today after wrapping her weeklong official visit there.

The Prime Minister is scheduled to reach Bangladesh on October 1.