Six more services, including application for electricity connections, are now available online for investors under the One Stop Service portal of the Bangladesh Investment Development Authority.
The services include power connections by the Bangladesh Power Development Board and Dhaka Power Distribution Company Limited, assessment approval, terms of reference approval and zero discharge approval by the Department of Environment and industry import registration certificate by the Office of the Chief Controller of Imports and Exports.
The total number of services available on the OSS platform has now reached 41 with the addition of the news services. The investors will now get electricity connection within 18 days of application upon submission of all required documents.
Prime Minister’s private industry and investment development adviser Salman F Rahman on 31 December, 2020 inaugurated the service at a programme held at the BIDA conference room in Dhaka.
BIDA Chairman Md Sirazul Islam said that another 10 services would be integrated onto the OSS portal in January. A total of 154 services from 35 agencies, all to facilitate investment in the country, will be gradually integrated onto the OSS platform to provide hassle-free and instant services under a single roof for the investors.
