The two-day Bangladesh Investment and Policy Summit 2016 is going to begin here on Sunday to showcase private sector investment opportunities in the country’s key sectors. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will formally inaugurate the Summit at Hotel Radisson Blu Water Garden on Sunday morning, reports UNB. Local and foreign Investors, experts of foreign direct investment and industrial and international trade and policymakers and business entrepreneurs and government officials will join the Summit. According to officials at the Board of Investment (BoI), the main objectives of the summit is to highlight the latest policy developments for private sector growth in Bangladesh to showcase private sector investment opportunities and demonstrate opportunities for potential value addition to those sectors for the country’s sustained economic growth. The BoI, Business Initiative Leading Development (BUILD) and Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) are jointly organising the Summit. Finance Minister AMA Muhith, Industries Minister Amir Hossain Amu, Chief Minister of Meghalaya Dr Mukul Sangma, Chairman and Managing Director of Reliance Industries Limited, India Anil Dhirubhai Ambani, South Asia Region CEO of Axiata Limited Dr Hans Wijayasuriya, Chairman of Adani Group Gautam Adani, Director of the International Finance Corporation of the World Bank Group Sujoy Bose and FBCCI President Abdul Matlub Ahmed are expected to speak at the inaugural session of the Summit. The Support Partners of the Summit are Bangladesh Economic Zones Authority (BEZA), Public Private Partnership Authority Bangladesh, International Finance Corporation (IFC), World Bank Group, Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI), Dhaka Chamber of Commerce & Industry (DCCI), Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Dhaka (MCCI), Chittagong Chamber of Commerce & Industry (CCCI) and University of Dhaka.
