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Bangladesh an attractive place for investment: Pranab
DHAKA, Jan 15, 2018 (BSS) – Highly praising Bangladesh’s stunning socioeconomic
development under the dynamic leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh
Hasina, former Indian President Pranab Mukherjee today said Bangladesh is an
attractive place for investment.
Pranab Mukherjee’s appreciation came when he paid a courtesy call on Prime
Minister Sheikh Hasina at her official residence Ganabhaban here this
afternoon.
After the meeting, PM’s Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim briefed reporters.
At the outset of the meeting, Karim said, the two leaders exchanged
wellbeing.
Pranab Mukherjee narrated his retired life, saying he is now passing his
time by reading books.
“I did politics for a long time … I was in a constitutional post as the
Indian president and also in parliament. After retirement, I’ve enough time
to read,” he said.
The former Indian president recalled that his first foreign tour as the
Indian president was Bangladesh in 2013.
The prime minister highlighted Bangladesh’s socioeconomic development,
saying that poverty rate has been brought down to 22 percent for various
pragmatic steps taken by her government.
She said the country’s economy counted losses to some extent due to the
last year’s flood.
About Rohingya issue, Sheikh Hasina said Bangladesh has given shelter to
over 10 lakh forcibly evicted Myanmar nationals on a humanitarian ground.
Sharmishtha Mukherjee, daughter of Pranab Mukherjee, PM’s Principal
Secretary Md Nojibur Rahman and Senior PMO Secretary Suraiya Begum were
present on the occasion.
Later, the former Indian president joined a luncheon hosted by the premier.
Earlier, Sheikh Hasina received Pranab Mukherjee at the main entrance of
Ganabhaban by handing over a bouquet.
Pranab Mukherjee arrived here yesterday afternoon on a four-day private
visit.
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