Sun News Desk : Bangladesh is going to be a regional hub for investment, industrialization and export due to the government's pragmatic policies, calling for more Japanese investment in larger volumes, said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

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She said while opening Bangladesh Investment Summit at the Galaxy Ball Room on Thursday.

Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission(BSEC)and Bangladesh Investment Development Authority(BIDA)jointly organized the summit titled "Trade and Investment Opportunities between Bangladesh and Japan.

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Prime Minister said Bangladesh's business friendly fiscal and non-fiscal policies and incentives, stable democracy, prudent governance and leadership guarantees foreign investment will return good value.

Sheikh Hasina said we can confidently assure you that Bangladesh ensures a solid future for global investors. We thus welcome all investors from world over, and Japanese investors in particular to see the opportunities for investment in Bangladesh.

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"However, real investment is still low. We seek more investment from Japan.--- I invite you all to come to Bangladesh and explore the potentials of business and investment opportunities," she said.

Sheikh Hasina said that Bangladeshis a country of 170 million people which is itself a growing market while its location in the heart of a bigger market of nearly three billion consumers, provides a huge attraction for business expansion.

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She said that the HSBC Global Research Projection report indicates that Bangladesh is expected to become the 9th largest consumer market globally by 2030 overtaking the UK and Germany.

Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen, PM's Private Industry and Investment Affairs Adviser Salman Fazlur Rahman, State Minister for Foreign Minister Md Shahriar Alam, State Minister Information Communication and Technology Zunaid Ahmed Palak and BIDA Executive Chairman (Senior Secretary) Lokman Hossain Miah, among others, were present.

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