, April 30 -- The interim government has announced plans to establish a Free Trade Zone (FTZ) in the country, aligning with the growing global trend of trade liberalisation and investment facilitation.

A national committee has already been formed to look into the issues of establishing such FTZ within a year, according to a media release issued from the Chief Adviser's Office.

Bangladesh Economic Zones Authority (BEZA) formed a national committee on April 21 to explore the feasibility of establishing an FTZ in Bangladesh.

The first meeting of the committee is scheduled to be held on May 6 with Executive Chairman of the Bangladesh Investment Development Authority and BEZA Chowdhury Ashik Mahmud in the chair.

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