Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday invited Malaysia to set up facilities to fully manufacture their Perodua brand car in Bangladesh.
She made the call when outgoing Malaysian high commissioner here Haznah Md Hashim paid a farewell call on her at her office this morning.
In the meeting, the envoy said that local PHP Motors was assembling Malaysian brand, Perodua car here.
Prime minister鈥檚 press secretary Md Nayeemul Islam Khan briefed the reporters after the meeting.
PHP Motors, a concern of PHP Family, has tied up with Perodua, a top Malaysian automobile brand, to assemble their cars and SUVs in Bangladesh and sell those in the local market.
In the meeting, the premier and the envoy also talked and remembered the longstanding and continuing relationship between two countries from the tenure of father of the nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.
About the issue of anarchic situation unleashed by BNP-Jamaat behind the quota reform movement of student, Hashim told the premier that, 鈥業鈥檝e confidence in your ability in handling the current situation. You鈥檙e tackling the situation well and it is purely Bangladesh鈥檚 internal matter.鈥�
鈥楽he (the envoy) sees everything is under control,鈥� said the press secretary quoting the envoy as saying.
The high commissioner said that Malaysian business entities鈥� cumulative investment rose to $5 billion in Bangladesh, which mainly propelled by the two telecommunication companies- Robi and Edotco Bangladesh as they reinvested their profits here.
