Tokyo, Oct. 28 -- Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Wednesday invited Japanese companies to invest in Bangladesh's priority sectors, including automotive manufacturing, energy, technology and space, and high-speed rail and logistics, 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 following the signing of the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA), Bangladesh's first such agreement with any country.

The Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO) and the Japan-Bangladesh Committee for Commercial and Economic Coop...