BIDA and Other IPAs , FAQ

**BIDA’s functions are broadly categorized into:** - Investment promotion, - Investment facilitation, covering investment registration and pre- and post-establishment facilitation, - Policy advocacy. **BIDA provides the following services to investors:** - Guidance on doing business in Bangladesh, - Response to investment-related queries, - Guidance and advice on investment in specific sectors, - Matching support between foreign investors and local industries, - Arrangement of visit to and meeting with various government and private organizations, - Facilitate investors for smooth operation of business, - Registration of industrial investment and commercial office, - Facilitation of utility service connection, - Facilitation of machinery and raw material import, - Approval for obtaining foreign borrowing, - Approval of overseas remittance of royalty/ technical assistance-related fees, - Approval of expatriate employment and facilitation for obtaining visa, - Assistance to the government in framing policies for private sector development, - Advocacy to reform policy, act, rule, regulation and procedures relevant to investment.