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Sweden commits $7.26 lakh to strengthen reproductive health services in Bangladesh during pandemic
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Sweden has committed 6 million Swedish kronor ($7.26 lakh) to support UN Population Agency s efforts in strengthening the quality and availability of sexual and reproductive health services in Bangladesh during COVID-19.
An agreement was signed in this regard by Swedish Ambassador to Bangladesh Alexandra Berg von Linde and UNFPA Bangladesh Representative Dr Asa Torkelsson during a ceremony at the Sweden Embassy today.
The new assistance takes the total Swedish contribution to UNFPA to 127 million Swedish kronor ($15.5 million) within 2017-2022 period.
In a statement, Linde said during the Covid-19 pandemic, it is all the more important to ensure safe pregnancies and childbirths as well as reducing maternal mortality among the most vulnerable.
Sweden keen to invest in Bangladesh’s clean energy
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Development Cooperation Per Olsson Fridh today said his country wants to
invest in Bangladesh’s energy sector particularly in the clean energy.
He expressed the interest when he paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister
Sheikh Hasina at her official Ganabhaban residence in the capital.
“We want to invest in Bangladesh’s energy sector particularly in clean
energy,” PM’s Press Secretary Ihsanul Karim quoted the Swedish minister as
saying at a press briefing after the meeting.
Congratulating Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for Bangladesh’s remarkable
development under her dynamic leadership, Olsson Fridh said Sweden will