Bangladesh PM woos Singapore companies with economic and land incentives
Singapore
BANGLADESHI Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday went all out in her bid to woo Singapore companies to her fast-growing country, offering up as draws its booming economy, competitive workforce and liberal investment regime.
She even made a generous pledge of land. "From a humble, subsistence and agriculture-based economy, Bangladesh is shifting towards a modern, resilient and diversified economy," she told more than 200 participants at the inaugural Bangladesh-Singapore Business Forum held at the Shangri-La Hotel.
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