Bangladesh, July 17 -- Licensing bottlenecks, power shortages, utility constraints and high borrowing costs are among the biggest challenges facing investors in Bangladesh, participants in a workshop observed on Thursday.

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The observations came at a divisional workshop on the 'Survey of industries in Bangladesh', jointly organised by the Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (BIDA) in partnership with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the South Asian Network on Economic Modeling (SANEM) at a hotel in Khulna, according to a press release.

The workshop brought together government...