Dhaka, May 11 -- Bangladesh urgently needs policy consistency and comprehensive reforms to boost investment and also direct tax collection by curbing systemic leakages, says Foreign Investors' Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) President Mohammad Zaved Akhtar.

Mr Zaved, also Chairman and Managing Director of Unilever Bangladesh, also calls for specific fiscal measures in the upcoming national budget for FY2025-26 to strengthen regulatory compliance and improve labourers' living standards to address the challenges Bangladesh will face following its LDC graduation.

He has outlined these recommendations in an interview with The Financial Express at the FICCI office in Dhaka's Gulshan area, now that final stitches are being given to t...