Tag: Mega project

No more mega project: PM tells ECNEC

- United News of Bangladesh -

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday asked the authorities concerned not to go for mega projects and instead take up small ones focusing on rural development and public welfare. She made the directives while chairing the meeting of the Executive Committee of National Economic Council (ECNEC) at the NEC conference

No more mega projects before polls: Quader

- Times Report -

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Sunday said the government will not take any new mega project before the next national election."As per the directive of the Prime Minister there is no plan to take any mega projects before the election as it will be held in December,

Mega projects cause BNP ‘mega-pain’: Obaidul Quader

- Times Report -

R56 Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader on Friday said the BNP couldn't implement any megaprojects during their tenure due to inept economic management, and now feel pained at the success reaped by AL.  'Megaprojects' in the Bangladeshi context are understood to be the large scale, ambitious, often eye-catching and usually

Padma bridge to open in June 2022

- Times Report -

The Padma Bridge is expected to open for traffic around June 30 next year, said Cabinet Secretary Khandker Anwarul Islam. He made the remark at a briefing after the weekly cabinet meeting at the Secretariat on Monday afternoon. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina chaired the meeting virtually from Ganabhaban, while other ministers and