Khairul Alam: Private Industry and Investment Adviser to the Prime Minister Salman F Rahman MP remarked that there is no concern among American businessmen regarding the upcoming elections.
He said American businesses do not see any risk in making easy investments in Bangladesh, but American businesses are optimistic about Bangladesh’s potential.
Had there been any doubt about the current political situation, such a huge business delegation would not have come before the elections?
MP Salman F Rahman told reporters after a meeting with a high-level delegation of the US Chamber of Commerce and Industries at the conference room of the Bangladesh Investment Development Authority building in Agargaon on Tuesday (August 29).
A delegation of 40 members from the US Chamber of Commerce and Industry held a meeting with Salman F. Rahman M.P.
The list includes the world’s largest equity company Black Stone, technology company Meta, energy sector company Accelerate Energy, Chevron, ExxonMobil, and aircraft company Boeing.
In the meeting, American businessmen expressed interest in investing in a number of sectors including energy, aerospace, digital economy, and health sector.
Noting that such a high-level delegation from the United States has not visited Bangladesh, MP Salman F. Rahman said that the world’s largest trillion-dollar American equity company Black Stone is looking to invest in Bangladesh.
American companies also want to increase investment in various sectors including health, technology, and energy.
This advisor to the Prime Minister believes, ‘If there is a smart Bangladesh, then cross-border transactions will be electronic. In this Bangladesh Bank, our import control they have to coordinate. Because this transaction is very fast. He has also been talked to.
I told him that the Bangladesh Bank and ICT Ministry are looking into these issues. International best practices exist. As the law is in other countries, we will do the same.
Atul Kashop, president of the US-Bangladesh Business Council, said, “American companies have been operating here for decades. It is helping in the growth of employment and GDP in this country.