The Petroleum Authority of Thailand has showed interest in gas exploration in Bangladesh.
Outgoing Thai Ambassador to Bangladesh Dr Modurapochana informed this when she paid a farewell call on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at her office here Thursday morning.
"The Petroleum Authority of Thailand is keen to come to Bangladesh in exploring gas," he said.
After the meeting, PM's Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim briefed reporters.
The prime minister said her government is setting up special economic zones across the country and invited the Thai entrepreneurs to come with investments by taking the advantages of excellent government incentives.
In this connection, Ms Modurapochana noted that a Thai firm is constructing elevated expressway in Dhaka and said that it would help ease traffic congestion in the Bangladesh capital.
Pointing out Bangladesh's impressive socioeconomic progress, Sheikh Hasina said Bangladesh is growing fast in all sectors and hoped that the country would get the status of middle income country by 2021 and status of a developed nation by 2041.