Dhaka, July 3 -- Executive Chairman of the Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (BIDA) Chowdhury Ashik Mahmud Bin Harun today said the National Semiconductor Taskforce, formed on January 1, 2025, under the guidance of the Chief Adviser's Office, has identified a roadmap with three priority areas for the development of semiconductor industry.

The three priority areas are skills development, business environment & policy support and global linkages & collaborations.

"The taskforce assessed Bangladesh's ability to compete in different stages of the semiconductor value chain (design, fabrication, testing and packaging) and recommended that the country prioritize chip design and testing and packaging in the short to medium term," he s...