Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday said her government would encourage more investments in the infrastructure and private sector development in the country by the Islamic Corporation for Development of the Private Sector.
The prime minister said this when visiting ICD chief executive officer Khaled Mohammed Al-Aboodi met her at her office.
After the meeting, PM’s press secretary Abul Kalam Azad briefed the reporters.
He said issues relating to the construction of a deep sea port as well as agro-based food processing industries came up at the meeting for discussion.
Extending her thanks to the ICD for providing financial support to the private sector in Bangladesh, Hasina lauded ICD’s consideration of Bangladesh as one of the most promising emerging economies of the world and a strategically important partner in the development of the private sector among its member countries.
The prime minister also appreciated ICD’s desire to establish a specialised bank in Bangladesh with international presence for the development of the country’s infrastructure and also its plan to invest $105 million in the next three years (2013-2016) in Bangladesh under its Member Country Partnership Strategy programme.
Mentioning that power generation is one of the top most national priorities, the prime minister said the private sector was highly encouraged to invest in this area.
She also thanked the organisation for approving $15 million loan from ICD’s own source against a private power production company for establishing a 100 MW HFO based power plant in Chittagong.
-With New Age input
