Japan’s nearly US$1.2 billion soft loan for five development projects is facing delay despite Bangladesh government’s efforts for confirming the assistance, officials said Wednesday. The loans are arranged under the Tokyo-assured 36th development aid package. Gloomy business and political environment as well as increased dependence on a certain bilateral donor country are cited as major reasons […]
Japan’s US$1.20b development aid package to Bangladesh facing delay

Bangladesh Govt. to reclaim 2,000-acre KEPZ project land jeopardising $1.2b FDI

The Bangladesh government’s plan to take back 2,000 acres of land out of nearly 2,500 acres from the Korean Export Processing Zone (KEPZ) would jeopardise an investment of $1.2 billion that South Korean companies are planning to pump into the economic zone. Experts said it would send a wrong message to foreign investors who see […]
Korean Export Processing Zone at serious risk

Instead of handing over the Korean Export Processing Zone (KEPZ) to the investor, the government of Bangladesh plans to take back part of the 2,492 acres of land allotted to the KEPZ 16 years ago. The country’s largest private export processing zone is in a web of land-related and legal tangles triggered mainly by the non-cooperation […]