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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).
Maintain discipline on roads during Eid: Quader asks transport workers
Dhaka, May 23 (UNB) - Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Thursday urged the transport owners and workers to maintain discipline on the roads while carrying holidaymakers to their destinations during the upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr.
WEAB, Linkus sign MoU
May 23 (UNB)- Women Entrepreneurs Association of Bangladesh (WEAB) and Linkus Network Technology Bangladesh Limited have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to ensure collaborative usage of their resources.
PM mourns death of Nazrul Sangeet exponent Khalid Hossain
Dhaka, May 23 (UNB)— Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has expressed deep shock and sorrow at the death of Nazrul Sangeet exponent and researcher Khalid Hossain.
Missing university student found dead in Gazipur
Gazipur, May 23 (UNB) – A university student, missing since May 12, was found dead in the city’s Kamarjuri area on Thursday.
4 of a family killed in Gazipur gas cylinder blast
Gazipur, May 22 (UNB) – Four members of a family were killed in a gas cylinder explosion at Islampur in the city on Wednesday night.