The UK government has been very supportive in the past and hopefully will continue to be in the future, the finance adviser said

Economy desk:  The UK government has been very supportive in the past and hopes to remain in the future, Finance Advisor said. Salehuddin Ahmed. On Tuesday (August 27), the British High Commissioner appointed to Bangladesh, Sarah Cook, the interim government's financial adviser. Met Salehuddin Ahmed at his Economic Relations Department (ERD) office. At the end of the meeting, the financial advisor expressed this hope. After the meeting, the financial advisor said that the United Kingdom is willing to help Bangladesh in reforms such as banking sector reform, revenue reform and capital market reform. These are very immediate concerns for us as well. Because, if we don't make those reforms, it will be difficult for us.

The advisor said, they discussed about increasing trade between the two countries. We want business to flourish. The UK government has been very helpful in the past and I hope they will be helpful in the future as well. We are looking forward to their help and cooperation, he said. Cooperation between Bangladesh and the UK has also been discussed. The UK is mainly working on economic development and women's empowerment. Salehuddin said, we will continue these too. Private sector investment is also very important.

Big businessmen of Britain have invested here. The adviser said, he (Sarah Cook) asked Bangladesh to diversify the import products, because Bangladesh mainly exports RMG items to the UK and European countries. He also said that the business environment in Bangladesh should be improved to attract more private investment. The condition for this is the business environment, ease of doing business means we have to fix the business environment, otherwise the private sector will not come.

 

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