"For this purpose, a Special Economic Zone is being established. Land acquisition is already under process to build this economic zone in Sylhet," he said while addressing the concluding function of International Food Festival at Dhaka Regency Hotel on Friday night.

Welcoming the entrepreneurs of the Regency Hotel, established with investment from Bangladeshi expatriates in the UK, the foreign adviser said Bangladeshi expatriates always give response towards country's needs.

"They (expatriates) are playing an important role in country's economic development with their expertise and skills, besides sending huge amounts of foreign exchange," he told the function.

The adviser said the present caretaker government wants to establish their economic bonds with the country for attracting second-and third-generation expatriates towards their motherland.

He noted that this relationship would strengthen through the investment of their money back in the country, and the initiative has been taken to establish the special economic zone to this end.

Former secretary and ambassador Sabihuddin Ahmed and Managing Director of the hotel Kabir Reza also spoke on the occasion.