DHAKA: International Finance Corporation (IFC) expressed its keen interest to invest in Bangladesh with a view to developing power sector of the country.

The international finance organization will finance $1 billion in this regard.

Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury, energy advisor to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, came up with the disclosure on Wednesday noon after a meeting with the IFC delegation.

The energy adviser said the international leasing body likely to fund in four projects.

One of the key projects is the regional power trade. Under the project, a regional grid and supply line among India-Bangladesh-Nepal and Bhutan would be constructed with fund of IFC, he added.

BDST: 1609 HRS, OCT 23, 2013
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