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ADB to help develop regional transport projects

Bangladesh will receive a $30 million loan from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to help develop transport corridors to stimulate trade in the region, a senior official said on Friday. adb1Senior finance ministry official Mohammad Mejbahuddin and Kazuhiko Higuchi, Bangladesh country director for the Manila-based ADB, signed the agreement in Dhaka. "The assistance will be used to undertake technical studies and to prepare designs for future investments in large infrastructure projects in railways and roads sectors," Mejbahuddin told Reuters. “The assistance...

Dhaka underground rail alongside metro rail

The government is planning an underground rail network, alongside the metro rail project in Dhaka in a bid to ease the traffic. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina ordered the Planning Commission on Thursday to ready a project for this, Planning Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal said after ECNEC meeting. Underground-raikl“We’ll conduct a survey soon in this regard. Later, a project will be prepared based on the results,” he said. However, the plan came just after the government is gearing up to metro rail project in Dhaka. He said the go...

India to open new waterways with Bangladesh

After Myanmar, India has kicked off the process to open new waterways with Bangladesh, a move that would facilitate the movement of people, goods and machinery between them and hugely help land-locked northeastern India. According to Union Minister for DoNER (Development of North Eastern Region) Jitendra Singh, India is prioritising multi-modal connectivity in the northeastern region, including water connectivity, and already 16 waterway projects, mostly involving Bangladesh, have been approved for this region. “To expedite Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Act East Policy, multi-modal connectivity in the

Indo-Bangla relationship is firmly footed now, Pankaj

Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Pankaj Saran opined that the India-Bangladesh relationship is now firmly footed. India has been with Bangladesh since its struggle for independence and many Indian soldiers have sacrificed their lives in 1971. In addition to being a neighboring country, he said, the history of sacrificing lives of Indian soldiers for Bangladesh’s independence and also the history of common heritage, cultures, traditions, food habits, climate and lifestyles have made both countries very close friend to each other. IBFBPankaj Saran hoped...

Inclusive polls required for effective parliament

Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) on Sunday emphasised holding an inclusive and credible election to make parliament effective as the last parliamentary election was a “controversial one”. “Definitely, the January-5 election was a controversial one. When a fresh election will be held without controversy, then no one will say the election is controversial,” TIB executive director Iftekharuzzaman told a press conference at his office. TIBTIB organised the press conference to unveil Parliament Watch report on 10th national parliament (2...

100 more economic zones to woo foreign investors

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said the government will set up 100 economic zones gradually to attract more foreign investment that will ultimately help create huge jobs and take the country towards further industrialisation. The prime minister said this at the third governing body meeting of Bangladesh Economic Zones Authority (Beza) held at her office in Dhaka. After the meeting, prime minister’s Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim briefed reporters. [caption id="attachment_20358" align="alignleft" width="650"]ecnec_news Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina me...
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