Investment proposals registered with the Board of Investment (BoI) by local and foreign entrepreneurs showed an upward trend in the Q1 (July-September) of the ongoing fiscal year (FY), 2014-15, according to its press release.
A total of 345 industrial units have been registered with the state-owned investment promoter during the aforesaid time with proposals involving over Tk 200 billion.
The amount is 25.05 per cent higher than the previous three months (April-June) when the total financial volume of the proposals was Tk 160 billion.
According to the BoI, investment proposals made by domestic entrepreneurs in the last three months marked more than 18 per cent growth against the proposals in the previous quarter.
During the July-September period, local investment proposals worth Tk 183 billion have been registered with the BoI by a total of 318 industrial units. The amount marks 167 per cent rise over that of the corresponding period of the previous fiscal.
According to the press statement, some 12 fully foreign and 15 joint venture (JV) proposals worth Tk 17.12 billion have been listed with the BoI in Q1 of this fiscal.
"Such investment proposals went up by more than 237 per cent against Tk 5.07 billion in the previous three months," it said.
Q1 investment proposal volume rises 25.05pc
FE Report | Published: October 23, 2014 00:00:00 | Updated: November 30, 2026 06:01:00
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