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USAID launches $17m clean energy project in BD
Industry Desk: The US Agency for International Development (USAID) yesterday launched a $17 million five-year, flagship clean project to improve access to affordable, reliable, and sustainable energy systems and promote transparent and efficient energy markets in Bangladesh.USAID Mission Director Derrick S. Brown and Chairman of Sustainable and Renewable Energy Development…
Read More »10pc incentive in non-cotton segment can fetch $ 2bn more
Industry Desk: Although, Bangladesh manufacture and exports readymade garments (RMG) for 40 years, but the industry is much focused on cotton-based products. It is understood that RMG product diversification took place at the minimum level.Recently Bangladesh’s epic apparel trade body, Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) President Faruque Hassan…
Read More »Desco’s underground cabling plan misses JICA deadline
Staff Correspondent: An ambitious plan by Dhaka Electric Supply Company Ltd to send the overhead electric cables underground in the city’s posh areas has to wait. How long? Not even the utility company has an answer.And it has itself to blame for the uncertainty over the Tk. 240 crore-project.The company…
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Hotels to be converted for Covid hospitals
Hospitals overwhelmed Staff Correspondent: The government is going to rent hotels for providing treatment …
