Bangladesh's Corporate World

Salman F Rahman, in a meeting organized by British Business Group, talked about the government's initiatives for developing the private sector. He listed a number of things that would help business investment, including; improving revenue collection; modernising the foreign exchange regime; expanding the capital markets; and tackling problems in the banking sector. The Government was also exploring options for funding infrastructure investment. He said the Bangladesh economy was doing well but the coronavirus crisis was likely to set back global growth which would have implications for Bangladesh. British Business Group organised the meeting to discuss trade between the UK and Bangladesh. The meeting was co-hosted by Robert Chatterton Dickson, the British High Commissioner and Francois de Maricourt, the Chair of the BBG and CEO of HSBC Bangladesh. The guest of honour was Salman F. Rahman, Private Industry & Investment Advisor to the Prime Minister. In his welcome address, Robe

Adviser Beximco Group’s pharmaceutical division, Beximco Pharma, started distributing personal protective equipment (PPE) to two testing centres – IEDCR and icddr,b, and other government designated hospitals.   Personal protective equipment worth Tk15 crore will be distributed for diagnosis and protecting the frontline healthcare workers during the coronavirus pandemic. The first consignments of the equipment were handed over to different testing centres and government designated hospitals by Nazmul Hassan MP, managing director of Beximco Pharma. Beximco Group is always committed to extending support to any national emergency. Vice-Chairman of the company Salman F Rahman, who is also private industry and investment adviser to the prime minister, said the corporates of Bangladesh are acutely aware of their social responsibilities and have always joined the national efforts to tackle any crisis. In the first phase, Beximco will distribute sufficient numbers of PPE to two testing centres