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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...