Take opportunity of improved business climate, urges CA Press Secy amid business leaders’ call for quick polls
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Business leaders should concentrate on seizing the opportunity of the improved business climate created by the present government, said Shafiqul Alam, Press Secretary to the Chief Adviser, on Sunday.
He made these remarks during a press briefing when asked to comment on business leaders’ plea to hold general elections as soon as possible.
In response to another question, Mr Alam said that the closure of ready-made garment units has not hampered export growth, and most of the closed factories are owned by the oligarchs of the previous regime, who are either in jail or have fled the country.
They plundered banks and siphoned off millions of dollars, leaving workers unpaid, he noted.
Mr Alam also criticised Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal, the home minister of the Sheikh Hasina regime, calling him a “butcher” for ordering an indiscriminate killing of students, children, workers and innocent people during the July Revolution.
“Providing shelter to such a butcher is not at all acceptable,” he remarked.
Regarding the Chief Advisor’s recent visit to Davos, his press secretary mentioned that the Chief Adviser held meetings with top global business firms on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum, where they showed huge interest in investing in Bangladesh.
He added that the government is serious about improving port management to lure more foreign investors and enhance the business climate.
Replying to a question about rumours on social media claiming that the advisers of the interim government, including the Chief Adviser, fled the country, Mr Alam said these rumours are being spread by elements of the previous regime who have already fled the country.
He informed that the government is planning to hold an international conference on the Rohingya issue in Dhaka in September next.
The Chief Adviser’s Press Secretary said the Chief Adviser, during his meetings with top world leaders, sought their assistance in repatriating the laundered money.
However, he noted that it would be a “lengthy procedure.”