Bangladesh received Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) worth US $ 888.48 million in the first quarter (January-March) of the ongoing 2022, registering growth of 50.14 per cent.
Reports claimed this citing the recently published data of Bangladesh Bank, as per which FDI during the same period last year was US $ 592 million, even if FDI in the form of equity capital also skyrocketed 105.26 per cent to US $ 288.33 million during the first three months of the current calendar year, marking an increase from that of US $ 140.47 million of the same period of last year.
According to people in know of things, investment increased due to global economic activities returning to normalcy even if FDI inflow in Bangladesh took a hit in 2020, declining 10.8 per cent year-on-year, on account of the global outbreak of COVID-19.
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