Between April and June of 2024, about 254 industries registered with the Bangladesh Investment Development Authority. The plans for investments totalled Taka 7,73,641.18 million, to generate approximately 47,105 job opportunities.
During these three months, out of the 254 industries that were registered, there were investment proposals for about 220 local industries, 100 per cent foreign investment offers for about 19 industries, and joint investment proposals for about 15 industries.
Analysing data from the BIDA, it was found that among the local investment proposals worth around Taka 7,47,157.55 million for these three months, the highest amount of Taka 5,73,135.56 million was proposed against the services sector followed by Taka 66,296.72 million to the chemical industry sector, Taka 38,071.28 million to the engineering industry sector, Taka 27,453.84 million to the RMG sector and Taka 17,104.47 million to the printing and publication sector.
An estimated 41,001 persons will likely be employed as a result of these investment projects.
However, of the Taka 26,483.63 million total foreign investment proposals, the largest Taka 14,487.96 million was proposed against the chemical industry sector, followed by the RMG sector at Taka 3,736.33 million and the tannery and leather sector at Taka 865.32 million. As a result, it was anticipated that these proposals would result in the creation of approximately 6,104 new jobs.
