Proton car factory in Bangladesh soon

Malaysian company Proton Saga will set up car manufacturing plant in Bangladesh shortly, said Mahathir Mohamad to prime minister Sheikh Hasina.

Newly appointed Proton chairman Mahathir, also former Malaysian prime minister, called on the visiting Bangladesh prime minister at her suite at Grand Hyatt hotel at Kuala Lumpur on Tuesday.
He said the plant would create employment for many Bangladeshis.

Earlier, special envoy of Malaysian PM on Southeast Asian Affairs, Seri Samy Vellu, expressed his country's interest to construct low-cost flats for poor people at Kamrangir Char in Dhaka.

Prime minister Sheikh Hasina reached Malaysia on a three-day visit on Tuesday.