The Board of Investment will draft a new law to
deal with large-scale package investments like
that of Tata and Dhabi Group as experts say the
big ventures involve various new dimensions. The
necessity emerged during negotiations with Tata
Group as the government negotiators found the
existing rules and policies wanting with regard
to such large investments coming as unsolicited
offers.
Public-procurement issues are involved in the
Tata’s investment as the company has offered to
sell its products, particularly electricity to
the government. The existing rules, regulations
and other policies do not support any purchase
from private sector on the basis of unsolicited
offer. The present laws provide for open tender
to procure any product for the government.
Again the government will need a new legal
framework to deal with the investment of Tata
Group. The same will hold for the other
large-scale package investments proposed by the
Dhabi Group and other foreign companies.
Tata has offered to invest about US$ 2.5 billion
in the country to set up a 1000 megawatt
coal-fired power plant, a steel plant and a
fertiliser factory. The development and
operation of a coal-mine is also included in the
Indian firm’s business plan while the Dhabi
Group from the Gulf state has offered to invest
$2.0 billion in telecommunications,
pharmaceuticals and other sectors that hold fair
business potential.
Bangladesh will participate in the Infocom 2005
fair in Kolkata aiming at getting outsourcing
relating to the IT enabled service (ITES).
Nascom, a well-known IT platform of India will
organise the fair with the participation of 18
countries at the Salt Lake City Electronics Park
fromDecember 7-11.
Bangladesh Computer Samity (BCS) and Internet
Service Providers Association of Bangladesh (ISPAB)
would take part in the fair. In the Bangladesh
pavilion, 12 IT organisations, including
Daffodil, Rabsoft, XOS, Shaili, RM Systems will
showcase their technologies as well as services.
BCS President SM Iqbal said that his
association, basically, is going to participate
in the fair because of Nascom and ASSOCIO. The
main objective of attending the fair would be to
cooperate participant-organisations.
ISPAB President Akhtaruzzaman Manju believed
that the fair would create an opportunity of
highlighting the country's IT sector to the
world market and hoped that Bangladesh would
utilise it.
Shoeb Chowdhury, Chief Executive Officer of
Information Handling Services (IHS) and Insoft
hoped to get huge ITES orders. Due to cheap
labour cost, Bangladesh has the opportunity, he
said adding that Bangladesh would successfully
display its IT services before the
participant-countries of Europe, America and
Africa.
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