Bangladesh Economic Zones Authority
(BEZA)
Prime Minister's Office

Legal Frameworks

To ensure rapid economic development of Bangladesh through industrialization, Employment generation, the upgrading of the production levels, and earning foreign currency through expansion of exports, it was  an unavoidable necessity to establish an authority  to  control and manage the setting up and  operation of  economic zones,  which were to be developed and maintained  on Public -Private  Partnership basis, by private sectors and Government initiatives. With that view, Bangladesh Economic Zones Act, 2010 (the Act) was enacted with a provision, among others, to establish an authority named Bangladesh Economic Zones Authority, popularly known as BEZA.  BEZA was established under Section 17 of the Act. For smooth administration and proper management of the activities in respect of Economic Zones, BEZA framed rules and formulated policy. To widen the scope of its activities, the Act and rules have been amended. To attract investors, a competitive incentive package has been declared.  BEZA, with the support of the Support to Capacity Building Project, has striven to bring improvement to the existing provisions of laws and rules-regulations, to formulate new rules and policies to meet the needs of the day, to protect the rights and interests of the investors and to properly perform its regulatory functions.

The following are the major act rules and guideline ;

  • The Bangladesh Economic Zones Act-2010
  • Amendment of Bangladesh Economic Zones Act-2015: A well thought endeavor for G2G initiatives between Government of Bangladesh and governments of Foreign countries and also between BEZA and other Government organizations.
  • Bangladesh Economic Zones (Appointment of Developer etc. Rules, 2014)
  • Amendment of Bangladesh Economic Zones (Appointment of developer) (Rules, 2015)
  • Authentic English Text of the Bangladesh Economic Zones (Appointment of Developer et.) Rules.
  • Bangladesh Private Economic Zones Policy,2015
  • One Stop Service Act-2018
  • Bangladesh Economic Zones (Construction of Building) Rules-2016
  • Bangladesh Economic Zones (Workers Welfare Fund) Policy-2017
  • SROs for Exemptions, incentives and benefits: A well-timed declaration for attracting the developers and investors

 

 

Law, ACT, SRO and Government Circulars