They made the remarks at a webinar titled "Covid-19 Pandemic: Impact on Investment in Bangladesh and the Way Forward", organized by the Bangladesh Association of Publicly Listed Companies (BAPLC) on Wednesday. Salman F Rahman, private industry and investment adviser for the prime minister, attended as chief guest, while Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) Chairman Prof Shibli Rubayat-Ul-Islam and executive chairman of Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (BIDA) Sirazul Islam were special guests. BAPLC president Azam J Chowdhury presided over the webinar, while Tanjeem Chowdhury, director of East Coast Group, presented the keynote paper. Azam J Chowdhury said: “We need a lot of foreign direct investment (FDI) in the coming days. He also suggested implementation of projects, lower tariffs including corporate tax and customs duties, widening tax net, and automated tax management framework for facilitating that ecosystem.

Source: Dhaka Tribune October 08, 2020 15:22 UTC