Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday reiterated her country eagerness to import hydro electricity from Bhutan through India when Bhutanese Prime Minister Dasho Tshering Tobgay paid a courtesy call on her at the latter’s Place of Residence here.
“Import of hydroelectricity will require a tripartite agreement involving India and we have already brought the matter to their (India) attention,” she told the Bhutanese Prime Minister.
Foreign Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud told this at a news briefing after the call on.
“Bhutan is eagerly waiting to export hydroelectricity to Bangladesh,” he said.
During the courtesy call, the entire gumbut of bilateral relations between the countries came up for discussion, Hasan said.
Real Estate and Housing Association of Bangladesh (REHAB) today welcomed the proposed budget for the upcoming 2024-25 fiscal and observed that the decision of giving opportunity to invest the undisclosed money is "realistic and time-befitting" .
"Mainstream economy of the country will become more dynamic with undisclosed money invested in the housing sector," said REHAB President Md Wahiduzzaman at a media briefing at the Centre on Integrated Rural Development for Asia and the Pacific (CIRDAP) auditorium in the city.
He also proposed reducing the registration fee for lands and flats to 7 percent from the existing 22 percent. However, the fees were proposed in the upcoming budget to 30 percent.
Bangladesh can overcome all the challenges of the LDC graduation if the right policies and strategies are put in place, Finance Minister Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali said on Sunday.
“Our strengths lie in our hardworking people, vibrant entrepreneurs, the young generation and people friendly government under the leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina,” he said while addressing the inaugural session of the Technical Level Workshop on Smooth Transition Strategy (STS) as the chief guest held at the Bangabandhu International Conference Center (BICC) in the capital.
Economic Relations Division (ERD) and United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) jointly organised the workshop.
State Minister for Finance Waseqa Ayesha Khan and Secretary of the Ministry of Commerce Md Selim Uddin attended the event as special guests. UN Resident Coordinator in Bangladesh Gwyn Lewis was the guest of honour. ERD Secretary Md. Shahriar Kader Siddiky chaired the event.
Livestock officials and experts claimed that there is no shortage of sacrificial animals for the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha which is scheduled to be held in next week as over 1.29 crore animals are ready for the upcoming qurbani festival.
The estimated demand of livestock this year has been set 1.07 crore while almost 22.77 lakh livestock are surplus after fulfilling the actual demand of the sacrificial animals this year for the qurbani during the Eid-ul-Azha, according to the statistics released by the divisional livestock department.
"We have no shortage of the livestock to meet the people demand for the upcoming Eid as the country has 22 lakh 77 thousand and 973 additional number of livestock after fulfilling the quarbani demand", Director (production) Dr ABM Khaleduzzaman of the Department of Livestock Services (DLS).
Every year sacrificial animals demand usually is fixed by adding five percent extra of animals with the number of animals slaughtered in previous year.