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Bangladesh Bank body to examine forex use for public projects
Shakhawat Hossain | Updated at 01:15am on February 17, 2021
The Bangladesh Bank has appointed a 10-member committee to explore if money from its foreign exchange reserve can be lent for the implementation of government...
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Dhaka seeks LoC terms’ review, Delhi reluctant
Shahidul Islam Chowdhury | Updated at 12:18am on February 07, 2021
Bangladesh has requested India to review the line-of-credit mechanisms for reducing the domination of Indian public and private authorities in implementing various development projects...
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PM orders action against perpetrators
Staff Correspondent | Updated at 12:42am on February 04, 2021
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday directed the relevant ministries to identify people responsible for faults in designs of development projects under the annual development...
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Errant firms not to get new deals: PM
Staff Correspondent | Updated at 03:58pm on November 24, 2020
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday said that no firm would be given a second or new deal unless implementing the first one in time....
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ECNEC allocates Tk 246cr for hilsa development project
United News of Bangladesh . Dhaka | Updated at 05:47pm on September 22, 2020
The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council on Tuesday approved five projects involving Tk 1,266 crore, including a Tk 246-crore one to develop hilsa resources...
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Minister visits water development projects
Staff Correspondent | Updated at 12:26am on September 13, 2020
Water resource state minister Zahid Faruk toured the circular waterway, the Turag-Buriganga-Tongi canal-Balu-Shitalakhya-Dhaleshwari route, around the capital city by a speedboat on...
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Increased coal consumption will harm life and nature
| Updated at 12:00am on July 28, 2020
BANGLADESH is often criticised for not attending to the environment issues when it comes to taking big development projects. Environment issues appear to be brushed...
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BB to weigh up pros and cons before final decision
HM Murtuza | Updated at 10:06pm on July 24, 2020
The Bangladesh Bank board has refrained from making any final decision on the government’s proposal to get loans from the BB’s foreign currency reserve for...
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FY21 foreign debt to surge to Tk 4.4 lakh crore
Shakhawat Hossain | Updated at 12:11am on May 17, 2020
The country’s external debt will jump to Tk 4.4 lakh crore in the new fiscal year from Tk 3.7 lakh crore in the outgoing fiscal...
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Government to use some development project money for welfare: PM
Ahammad Foyez | Updated at 01:39am on April 19, 2020
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said that the government would use money of some development projects for the welfare of the people without completing...