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The government has taken up an initiative to produce power, fertilizer and Refused Derived Fuel (RDF) from waste.In this regard, it is going to establish a modern technology at Matuail under Dhaka South City Corporation.Eighty-one acres of land at Matuail would be used for implement the environment-...
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The government is planning to construct the country’s longest bridge from Barishal to Bhola to ease communication for the people. The bridge will be 8.64 kilometres long. The Bridge Division has prepared a primary development project proposal (PDPP) in this regard and sent it to the planning c...
The country's rail communication system will be faster, more modern, safer, more affordable and less costly as the government has begun implementing the railways master plan. As per the Bangladesh Railway Master Plan, the government would implement 230 projects at a cost of Taka 5, 53,662 crore ...
The government has taken up a number of mega projects to modernise railway communication across the country. As per the directives from Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, the Ministry of Railways is working to establish a world-class rail communication system in the country, bringing all districts under ...
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The fastest growing four mega projects, metro rail, elevated expressway, bus rapid transit are expected to be completed by 2021, while the proposed underground railway is expected to be completed by 2026 as works are going on at full speed.With the completion of the projects the devastating traffic ...
A Tk 3500-crore project to conduct the sixth population and housing censuses 2021 has been recently placed in the Planning Commission for approval. The last population census was published in 2011. Every 10 years, the government conducts population and housing censuses. Bangladesh has an estimated (...
The government has fixed the new route of metro rail service named Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) Line 5 after completing the feasibility study and survey.The new alignment is fixed as Savar's Hemayetpur-Baliarpur-Modhumoti-Aminbazar-Gabtoli-Darussalam-Mirpur 1-Mirpur 10-Mirpur 14-Kachukhet-Banani-Gul...
The government is going to construct 11 modern fire service and civil defense stations in areas where more readymade garment factories and textiles are located. Also fire stations will be constructed at two mega projects – Matarbari coal based power plant and Rooppur Nuclear Power Plants. The ...
The government has taken up a project to construct around 13,000 bridges and culverts in rural areas across the country. The project aims at reducing waterlogging problem and improving road network by constructing bridges and culverts on the gaps of earthen village roads. By connecting local marketp...
Bangladesh and China are likely to sign several deals worth $7.61 billion loan for a total of ten mega projects during the Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s four-day visit to China from July 1. A high up in the Ministry of Finance told Bangladesh Post, “During the Prime Minister’s vis...
The government is going to construct the country's first ever underground rail line imitating the design of the subway system in Osaka city.The underground rail line will be constructed in the capital without any kind of hassle, sources said. The land of Dhaka is similar to that of Osaka city in...
Driven by resilient growth in gross domestic product, underpinned by strong domestic demand and policy reforms, the economic outlook of Bangladesh is changing at a rapid pace. Keeping pace with the sustaining economic development achieved over the past decade or so, remarkable progress has been made...
Seeking to reduce dependency on fossil fuel and protect the environment, the government is formulating a fresh policy for promotion of electric vehicles.Apart from protecting the environment, the government also wants to ensure maximum utilization of power against the backdrop that only 12,000 megaw...
The country’s salt farming is in a sorry state due to drastic fall in salt price over the last one year. The farmers, who are cultivating salt, are facing serious difficulties as they are failing to realise production cost. At least 45,000 farmers are cultivating salt in seven upazilas of Cox&...
The executive committee of National Economic Council is set to approve the annual development programme (ADP) for 2019-20 fiscal year today.The planning commission today will place the biggest-ever Tk 2,02,721 crore annual development programme (ADP) before an ECNEC meeting, scheduled to be chaired ...
The transport sector has sought additional Tk 4000 crore in the upcoming annual development programme before the announcement of budget for the fiscal 2019-20. In this regard, the Roads Transport and Highways Division (RTHD) has sent a letter to the planning commission seeking additional Tk 4000 cro...
The government is planning to construct Payra Multipurpose Terminal with funding from third Indian Line of Credit (LoC) to increase the capacity of Payra Deep Seaport. A senior official of the planning commission told Bangladesh Post the government plans to develop the necessary infrastructure of Pa...
The government plans to earmark the highest allocation for the Local Government and Rural Development and Cooperatives Ministry in the upcoming Annual Development Programme (ADP). The Planning Ministry has drafted a Tk 2,02700-crore ADP for the fiscal 2019-20, an increase of Tk 20,800 crore from the...
The government mulls producing quality seeds for paddy, wheat and jute using modern technologies. To ensure enhanced production of paddy, wheat and jute, the government plans to store and distribute these quality seeds among the farmers across the country in time. To this end the agriculture ministr...
The government has undertaken a mega project “My Village, My Town” in a bid to provide every village with urban facilities. To this end, a big amount is going to be allocated in the next budget for 2019-2020 fiscal, according to the finance ministry sources. As per the ruling Awami ...
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