According to the survey of Bangladesh Bank (BB) Enterprise, foreign direct investment in Bangladesh shot up to US $845.3 million in 2005 compared to 46.4 million it received previous year.
Textile sector had 11.4 percent share of total FDI invested, amounting to 96.5 million.
Executive Chairman of Board of Investment, Mahmudar Rahman informed that Bangladesh had received more than expected FDI with US and UK as their main investors along with Singapore, Norway and Egypt.