Dhaka, Sept. 29 -- Imran Khan, a prominent American investor of Bangladeshi origin, met Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus in New York on Saturday (local time) and expressed his interest in investing in Bangladesh.

Khan, 48, moved to the United States at the age of 18 to pursue higher studies and later gained prominence as an investment banker with a focus on technology companies.

Professor Yunus invited him to invest in Bangladesh's rapidly growing fintech, healthcare, and social business sectors, according to a BSS report Monday.

Khan, Chairman of the Board at Aleph Holding, said he was deeply inspired by Professor Yunus's lifelong mission to eradicate poverty and felt the timing was right to invest in his homeland.

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