The government will reprioritise 1,800 projects currently being implemented in different sectors to reduce pressure on the central bank’s foreign exchange reserves and stymie volatility in the economy, said Planning Minister MA Mannan yesterday.
Buyers from Europe, the largest export destination for Bangladesh’s readymade garments, have favoured AP Møller-Maersk for the job of operating the Patenga Container Terminal in Chattogram. H&M, the largest buyer for the country’s garments, and Inditex have already written to the shipping ministry expressing their support for Maersk to run the terminal set to be .