Dhaka, April 10 -- Although Bangladesh has significant potential for investment, poor infrastructure, bureaucratic obstacles, corruption, political instability, lack of access to finance and regulatory hurdles remain concerns.

According to businesspeople and experts at the Bangladesh Startup Connect 2025 meeting held on the sidelines of the Bangladesh Investment Summit Tuesday mentioned that the above barriers have given rise to an unfavourable business environment in the country.

Foreign investors, on the other hand, want the government to ensure policy predictability in order to retain the investors' confidence. When they commit investments, they do it on the basis of the prevailing rules and regulations. If those laws are changed abrup...