, Oct. 28 -- Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Wednesday invited Japanese companies to invest in five priority sectors in Bangladesh, including automotive manufacturing, energy, technology and space, high-speed rail and logistics, and agro-processing, promising government support and reforms to improve the business environment.

Addressing the Bangladesh-Japan Economic Forum Dialogue at JETRO headquarters in Tokyo, he said the two countries should take their long-standing relationship to a new level through trade and investment after signing the first-ever Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA).

The forum was jointly organised by the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) and the Japan-Bangladesh Committee for Commercial and Economic Coo...