Fast track mega projects to contribute 3-4pc to GDP growth
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By Syed Shukur Ali Shuvo
DHAKA, Dec 31, 2020 (BSS) – The country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is expecting to increase by 3 to 4 percent once the fast track and mega projects of the government are completed.
A fast-track project monitoring taskforce has been overseeing the 10 fast-track projects to ensure their quick and proper implementation.
The 10 fast-track mega projects are: Padma Multipurpose Bridge, Metro Rail (MRT-6, MRT-1, MRT-5), Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant, Padma Rail Link, Chattogram-Cox’s Bazar Rail Line, Rampal Thermal Power Plant, Payra Port First Terminal, Payra port infrastructure development, Maheshkhali Matarbari integrated infrastructure development activities and Matarbari Port Development Project.
Mujib Barsha: Webinar lauds Bangabandhu’s leadership, Hasina’s dev focus
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Speakers at a webinar organised by the Bangladesh Embassy in Amman, Jordan lauded Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman s leadership quality and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina s politics of development.
In the webinar titled Liberation of Bangladesh and the Dream of Sonar Bangla , organised as part of the Mujib Barsha Webinar Series , the speakers also highlighted how Bangladesh was marching towards Sonar Bangla as dreamt by Bangabandhu.
Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen MP was the chief guest while Palestinian Foreign Minister Riad Maliki attended as the special guest.
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BIDA generates 6,000 jobs in Rajshahi division
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By Dr Aynal Haque
RAJSHAHI, Dec 22, 2020 (BSS) – Sabina Yeasmin Lipi has explored herself as a potential entrepreneur by dint of her painstaking efforts of boosting level of confidence through income-generating activities.
Yeasmin Lipi, a resident of Terakhadia Uttarpara in Rajshahi city, has been operating her boutique business successfully for the last couple of years. Around 70 women from the less-income and other marginalized families are working in her business establishment.
Recently, she has expanded her business with investment of Taka three lakh afresh after getting a month-long training on entrepreneurship and skill development. She has knowledge of dying printing, block boutique, fashion design and diversified jute goods marketing.
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Vijay Diwas Celebrated In Army s Eastern Command
Paying rich tributes to the Indian Army soldiers and Mukti Joddhas (liberation warriors) who laid down their lives during the 1971 India-Pakistan war that led to the birth of Bangladesh, Eastern Army commander Lt Gen Anil Chouhan on Wednesday said that their martyrdom will inspire generations of soldiers and citizens.
Paying rich tributes to the Indian Army soldiers and Mukti Joddhas (liberation warriors) who laid down their lives during the 1971 India-Pakistan war that led to the birth of Bangladesh, Eastern Army commander Lt Gen Anil Chouhan on Wednesday said that their martyrdom will inspire generations of soldiers and citizens.