For years, businesses and investors have flagged the time and cost of doing business in Bangladesh as a major concern, citing bureaucratic red tape, overlapping approvals and licensing delays. The government has now formed a 21-member high-level taskforce, led by Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury, to address it.

The planning ministry has formed a 12-member taskforce to develop strategies to boost the economy and mobilise resources for equitable and sustainable development