Dhaka, Aug. 28 -- Bangladesh has received investment proposals of $1.25 billion in the first half of this year - from January to June.

This information was revealed today at the 5th meeting of the Investment Coordination Committee held at the Chief Adviser's Office (CAO) with Chief Adviser's Special Envoy on International Affairs Lutfey Siddiqi in the chair.

Bangladesh Bank (BB) Governor Ahsan H Mansur and National Board of Revenue (NBR) Chairman Md Abdur Rahman Khan also attended the meeting.

The meeting was informed that the total investment proposals in the first six months of this year included proposals for $465 million foreign investment. Besides, the proposals also included $700 million local investment and $85 million joint ven...