Dhaka, Jan. 26 -- The interim government has decided to establish a factory to manufacture military hardware to meet the needs of the armed forces and strengthen national defence capability.

Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (BIDA) Executive Chairman Chowdhury Ashik Mahmud Bin Harun announced the development at a press conference at the Foreign Service Academy on Monday afternoon.

He said the factory would be set up in Chattogram's Mirsarai, under the initiative of Bangladesh Machine Tools Factory.

Ashik said the creation of a "Defence Industrial Zone" would be included in BIDA's master plan.

"A Defence Industrial Zone will be established to make Bangladesh a participating country in the military and defence industry," he sa...