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Aminul killers had contact with intelligence

An intelligence agency and senior officials of Dhaka EPZ had contact with the suspected killers of garments industry labour leader Aminul Islam. They had spoken to him several times over cell phone the night before his body was discovered. This has been mentioned in the charge sheet submitted by the police. aminulThe intelligence agency and the EPZ officials have not been accused in the murder case. Their names are not in the charge sheet and they have not been called on as witnesses either. An officer involved in the investigations told Prothom Alo the...

WB $ 600m power project to reduce system loss

Rural Electricity and Distribution Project was approved by the World Bank (WB) in February 2014 with a goal to reduce system loss in rural areas of Bangladesh. The project’s total budget of $600 million was signed to provide support and development of the existing lines in rural areas of Dhaka, Chittagong and Sylhet divisions. Only 42 percent of Bangladeshi rural households have grid electricity supply currently. These information came in through a release of WB on Monday. wbLocations for 33/11kV substations have been identified and some of them have al...

Billion dollar LoC from India

In keeping with the current economic relationship, Bangladesh has been offered a new Line of Credit (LoC), worth of about a billion dollars by India. bd-indiaFinance Minister AMA Muhith plans to use this fund in health and education sectors. He mentioned the plan after a meeting with visiting Sujata Mehta, secretary of Indian external affairs ministry (Multilateral and Economic Relations), at his office at secretariat. India is keen to know what Bangladesh plans to do with the money, said the minister. The amount will help implement development projec...

Budget: Focus on investment, revenue

Finance Minister AMA Muhith on Sunday hinted of a bigger budget for the upcoming fiscal and said its prime focus would be on drawing more investment and generating more revenue. Muhith“The size of the next budget will be within Tk 3 lakh crore but the actual figure cannot be divulged now,” Muhith said in the first pre-budget discussion meeting held with the leading economists at National Economic Council (NEC) Auditorium in Dhaka. The minister, however, did not point a finger towards the government’s GDP growth target for next year – which has ...

UN welcomes de-escalation of violence, calls for credible elections

In response to questions raised concerning developments in Bangladesh, the Spokesman for the United Nations Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon, said that Mr. Ban welcomed the de-escalation of violence in Bangladesh in the past weeks. Ban ki MoonThe Spokesperson added that the Secretary-General is encouraged by the opposition's decision to participate in the city council elections for Dhaka and Chittagong, scheduled for 28 April, and he appeals to the authorities in all relevant institutions to ensure that the elections will be transparent, i...

No nutrition survey in India in last 10 years; BD performs better

They may have lower growth rates than India, but Bangladesh, Pakistan and Nepal are more prompt about conducting regular surveys on the nutritional status of their population. The last nutrition survey done in India was ten years ago despite its unacceptably high levels of malnutrition. During this period, neighbouring nations have completed two surveys. rohingya-childrenThere has been no district level nutritional survey in India since 2002, more than 13 years back. National Statistical Commission chairman Pronab Sen when sp...
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