Dhaka: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday said the Privatisation Commission and the Board of Investment (BoI) will be merged, aiming to boost investment and industrialisation in the country.

‘We want to merge the Privatisation Commission and the Board of Investment,’ she said in her introductory speech at a views-exchange meeting with senior officials of the Prime Minister’s Office.

The Prime Minister mentioned that the aim of this merger is to expedite the investment and industrialisation in the country.

‘I think, there’s nothing for privatisation now. We want to see how these [state-run industries] can be utilised for investment in the country,’ she said.

Hasina said the paper works for this merger has almost complete. ‘It awaits implementation,’ she added directing the all concerned to complete the process soon.