Dhaka, Oct. 4 -- Factory owners have long said the process for registration is convoluted and complicated to the point of deterring people from ever setting up manufacturing industries.

Experts at a discussion said this adds to the lack of ease of doing business in Bangladesh. Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) and German development agency GIZ jointly organized the discussion titled "Launching Web Portal on Setting up Factories, Licencing, Certification and Registration" in the capital on Sunday.

Entrepreneurs and investors taking part in the discussion expressed their dissatisfaction that it was challenging to search for necessary information and locate relevant offices to submit the documents for setting up factories.

The discussion w...