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Bureaucratic tangles hold back formulation of PPP guideline

Monowar Hossain

Finance minister AMA Muhith said candidly that bureaucratic tangles held back the formulation of guideline for the public-private partnership (PPP) for execution of projects in the annual development programme. Exchanging views with the Economic Reporter..more..

Chinese help to for digital Bangladesh

ET Report

China will provide all out support for communication and socio economic development to build a digital Bangladesh. The assurance came while visiting Vice Minister of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Liu Jieyi paid a courtesy call on Prime Minister Shei..more..

Fibre-optic cable for 100 union parishads

ET Report

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has unveiled an ambitious digitisation plan for building Bangladesh as a country fully furnished with modern telecommunications system for faster delivery of services to the people. Under the mega-scheme 'Digital Bangladesh: ..more..

Book on Tarique Rahman launched

ET Report

A book titled 'Tarique Rahman: Awaiting Bangladesh' was launched at Diploma Engineers Institute in the city on Monday. Tarique is the senior vice president of Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP). The book was published by Ziaur Rahman Foundation and the ..more..

Taiwan signs 20-year LNG deal with PNG

ET Desk

Taiwan's state oil supplier said Tuesday it has signed a 20-year contract with Papua New Guinea to import liquefied natural gas as the island seeks to diversify overseas energy sources. CPC Corporation Taiwan said that under the agreement it will import ..more..