Dhaka, April 13 -- Licences of 10 of a slew of economic zones-five public and as many private-have been rescinded as the interim government recasts Bangladesh's industrial- development strategy.

Chowdhury Ashik Mahmud Bin Harun, the newly appointed Executive Chairman of both the Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (BIDA) and the Bangladesh Economic Zones Authority (BEZA), announced the decision at a press conference held Sunday at the Foreign Service Academy in Dhaka.

He said the move was approved during a recent meeting with the chief adviser of the post-uprising government that has undertaken umpteen reforms in the country following the changeover.

The government-run zones that lost their licences are Sonadia Eco Tourism Park...