Dhaka, July 8 -- "Up until now foreign investors could take dividends to their own countries with some restrictions. From now on, they can keep the money in foreign currency accounts and take it to any country," central bank official Mohammad Khurshid Wahab said.

The investors will also be able to re-invest the money in Bangladesh, added the general manager of Foreign Exchange Policy Department.

Last month, the central bank had waived some restrictions allowing credit permissible income earned by expatriates to the foreign currency accounts.

On Tuesday, Bangladesh Bank announced the decision that dividend payable to foreign shareholders may be credited to their foreign currency accounts maintained in Bangladesh.

The move aims to bring...