{"id":25578,"date":"2025-04-12T05:04:23","date_gmt":"2025-04-12T05:04:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/?p=25578"},"modified":"2025-04-12T05:04:23","modified_gmt":"2025-04-12T05:04:23","slug":"engro-pakistan-looks-for-business-opportunities-in-bangladesh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/?p=25578","title":{"rendered":"Engro Pakistan looks for business opportunities in Bangladesh"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" data-id=\"25579\" src=\"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FB_IMG_1744385181869.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25579\" srcset=\"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FB_IMG_1744385181869.jpg 720w, https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FB_IMG_1744385181869-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>DHAKA : Abdul Samad Dawood, CEO of Engro Holdings of Pakistan, called on Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus at the State Guest House Jamuna to discuss investment opportunities in Bangladesh.<br>During the meeting, the Engro CEO expressed a strong interest in expanding the company&#8217;s footprint in Bangladesh, particularly in telecommunications and energy sectors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are excited about the potential in Bangladesh\u2019s telecommunications sector, and we also see great promise in partnering to help distribute gas from Bhola to fuel industrial growth,\u201d said Dawood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Welcoming the interest, Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus emphasised the importance of sustainable and forward-looking collaboration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe should focus on long-term projects that bring improvements to the lives of our people,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dawood, who came to join the Bangladesh Investment Summit, praised the four-day long conference, which was hosted by the Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (BIDA).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" data-id=\"25580\" src=\"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FB_IMG_1744385184399.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25580\" srcset=\"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FB_IMG_1744385184399.jpg 720w, https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/FB_IMG_1744385184399-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe BIDA Summit had a human touch\u2014it felt sincere, welcoming, and purposeful. It was remarkable to see so many top companies represented under one roof,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Professor Yunus encouraged Engro\u2019s leadership to visit Bangladesh again and see the scope for collaboration across sectors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI invite you to come again. Bangladesh has a lot to offer\u2014not just to investors, but to the world,\u201d the Chief Adviser added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chief Adviser\u2019s Special Envoy for International Affairs Lutfey Siddiqi, SDG Coordinator Lamiya Morshed and Principal Secretary Sirajuddin Sathi were also present at the meeting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DHAKA : Abdul Samad Dawood, CEO of Engro Holdings of Pakistan, called on Chief Adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus at the State Guest House Jamuna to discuss investment opportunities in Bangladesh.During&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":25579,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[2412,2347,2561],"class_list":["post-25578","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international","tag-bangladesh-government","tag-bangladesh-high-commission-islamabad","tag-pakistan-engro-ltd"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25578","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25578"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25578\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25581,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25578\/revisions\/25581"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/25579"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25578"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/voiceofmelange.global\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}