Bangladesh wants Singapore investors

Singapore

BANGLADESH is rolling out the red carpet for foreign investors, and is interested in attracting Singapore investors into areas such as energy and technology.

Speaking to The Business Times on Monday, Standard Chartered Bangladesh chief executive officer Abrar Anwar, gave assurance that the country has no shortage of skilled workers, although 10 million Bangladeshis have left their home and are working overseas.

"About 70 per cent of the population is of working age. ... A lot of them go abroad as either unskilled or semi-skilled workers, in construction and ship-building in Singapore, for example. A lot of them also return home as skilled workers," he said.

And as skilled workers, they are able to work competently in areas such as infrastructure development and implementatio…