Bangladesh Investment Development Authority

BIDA must transition to proactive investment facilitation by resolving infrastructure bottlenecks in energy and ports to maintain competitiveness for LDC graduation.

bida.gov.bd redirects to investbangladesh.gov.bd (301); all canonical URLs use investbangladesh.gov.bd. BIDA was established 1 September 2016 by merging the Board of Investment (BOI, est. 1989) and the Privatization Commission (est. 1993/2000). Its 17-member governing board is chaired by the Prime Minister, with the Finance Minister as vice-chairman. Executive Chairman Chowdhury Ashik Mahmud Bin Harun is the operational head; exact appointment date not confirmed from accessible primary sources (head_since = null). Staff count and annual budget are not publicly disaggregated on BIDA's website or any accessible source; set to null. The 'single-clearance reform' referenced for May 7, 2026 corresponds most closely to the OSS digitization/BanglaBiz 2.0 program and the royalty-payment service overhaul announced May 6, 2026 (per BIDA's own press release list at investbangladesh.gov.bd/press-release). No separately dated May 7 press release was retrievable from BIDA or Bangladeshi English-language outlets at the time of this record's construction. entity_type set to 'department' per task specification; BIDA is technically a statutory authority (autonomous body) under the PMO.