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PM phones Modi, greets on his party's landslide victory
Dhaka, May 23 (UNB) - Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday phoned her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi and extended the heartiest congratulations to him on his party's landslide victory in the Indian general election.
6 ‘muggers’ held in city
Dhaka, May 23 (UNB) - Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) arrested six alleged muggers from Jatrabari area in the city on Wednesday evening.
BTRC’s public hearing on telecommunication services June 12
Dhaka, May 23 (UNB) – Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) is going to hold its 2nd public hearing on telecommunication services and its activities in the city on June 12.
PM hosts iftar for judges, diplomats
Dhaka, May 23 (UNB) – Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday hosted an iftar party in honour of judges, diplomats and high government and military officials at her official residence Ganobhaban.
3 restaurants fined Tk 2.20 lakh in city
Dhaka, May 23 (UNB)- Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in an anti-adulteration drive fined three restaurants Tk 2.20 lakh in the city’s Mohammadpur and Dhanmondi areas on Thursday.
3 restaurants fined Tk 2.20 lakh in city
Dhaka, May 23 (UNB)- Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) in an anti-adulteration drive fined three restaurants Tk 2.20 lakh in the city’s Mohammadpur and Dhanmondi areas on Thursday.
Govt to dredge 10,000km waterways: Khalid
Netrokona, May 23 (UNB) - The government has taken a plan to dredge some 10,000 kilometres of waterways to strengthen the country’s water transport system, said State Minister for Shipping Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury on Thursday.
Govt prioritising PPP development in next FY
Dhaka, May 23 (UNB) - The government has planned to take 30 percent Annual Development Programme (ADP) projects under the Public-Private Partnership in the next fiscal to boost PPP growth for infrastructural development.
Sources said various moves are being made to increase domestic and foreign investment.
As part of the move, the government wants to implement rules for national priority projects, a series of training programmes for PPP, implementation of decisions taken in board of governors meetings, special project review meeting for executive board members, budget transfer in PPP Technical Assistance Fund and special incentive for PPP projects.
Some 78 projects have been recommended for inclusion in the ADP to be implemented under the PPP for 2019-20 fiscal. The number is 37 in the revised ADP of the current fiscal.
An inter-ministerial programming committee meeting on April 18-25 advised undertaking more projects. The same thing was stated in the ADP guidelines and Prime Minister's Office letter. Later, some 61 projects for PPP were found from various sectors while two of them were already approved.
From the PPP Authority, some 47 approved PPP projects were found. Of them, 30 had already been included in the list that came from various sectors, the officials said.
BFSA chairman summoned as substandard food remain in market
Dhaka, May 23 (UNB) - The High Court on Thursday summoned the chairman of the Bangladesh Food Safety Authority (BFSA) to appear before it on June 16 as the 52 products that failed the quality tests of Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution (BSTI) are still there in the market.
The HC bench of Justice Sheikh Hasan Arif and Justice Razik-Al-Jalil passed the order.
Parliament gets Tk 328 cr budget for 2019-20 FY
Dhaka, May 23 (UNB) – The Parliament Secretariat Commission on Thursday approved a Tk 328.22 crore budget for Parliament to spend on its development and non-development expenditures for the next fiscal year (2019-20).