The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will fund state-of-the-art riverbank protection measures in Bangladesh to prevent land erosion, which is destroying livelihoods and costing the economy an estimated $250 million a year.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has highly appreciated the Bangladesh government for implementation of various projects financed by the organization successfully, saying that these played an important role in poverty alleviation in the country.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday stressed creating awareness about the use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides as well as unplanned waste management and construction of roads and embankment that hampers reproduction and physical growth of fish and their breeding grounds.
The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) has approved five development projects including the Urban Governance and Infrastructure Improvement Project (UGIIP).
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina hosted an iftar for orphans, physically-challenged children, war- wounded freedom fighters (FFs), alems (Islamic scholars) and meritorious students at her official Ganobhaban residence on the second day of the holy Ramadan today.
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