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VIENTIANE, May 15 (Vientiane Times/ANN): A total of 137,415 people in 232 villages of six provinces have benefitted from community sub-projects financed by the Poverty Reduction Fund (PRF) under the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry this year. Head of the Monitoring and Evaluation Division, Dr Hatthachan Phimphanthavong, told Vientiane Times the sub-projects were rolled out in Savannakhet, Saravan, Attapeu, Xekong, Luang Namtha and Luang Prabang provinces. In total, 236 sub-p...

The small, marginal and landless farmers together account for around 70 to 80 per cent of the countrys food production, said agricultural analysts. Of them, small farmers who own between 1 to 2.5 acres of land operate around 40 per cent of the total farmland and contribute 50 per cent to the food production, said Prof Abdul Bayes, former director of the Research and Evaluation Division of Brac. And marginal farmers who own on an average of 50 decimals of land operate nearly 7 per cent of land. ...

ADP spending may expand by 14pc The government may allocate Tk 225,324 crore to implement development projects in the next fiscal year, which is 14 per cent higher than that in the revised budget. The highest 27.39 per cent of the allocation under the annual development programme (ADP) has been proposed for the transport and communication sector. The health sector, which is in the forefront of the coronavirus pandemic and has not been in good shape, was given the fifth-highest allocation, or 7....

Govt plans ambitious aid use target Aims to spend $10.35b in FY22 The government plans to set an ambitious target of using foreign aid worth Tk 88,024 crore for development projects in the next fiscal year as external assistance has piled up.      The amount is equivalent to $10.35 billion and up 39.72 per cent from the annual development programme (ADP) in the outgoing fiscal year. Development partners have also indicated that they would inject more funds to help Bangladesh recover from th...

English Evaluation and Lessons Learned on occupied Palestinian territory and 3 other countries about Protection and Human Rights; published on 16 Apr 2021 by UNRWA

Mark Litwin opted to step down from CannTrust Holdings Inc.s  (OTC:CNTTQ) board of directors. Simultaneously, the Vaughan, Ontario-based company confirmed that secretary Stan Abramowitz will no longer serve as an officer of CannTrust and as a director or officer of all subsidiaries. The board named current Interim CFO David Blair its new secretary. CannTrust was earlier delisted from the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE) and The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). Delic Hires Former Bulletproof C...

  Zafar Ahmed, Senior Correspondent,  bdnews24.com Published: 09 Mar 2021 01:49 AM BdST Updated: 09 Mar 2021 01:49 AM BdST The road transport and bridges ministry has applied for a two-year extension to complete the Padma Bridge project even though Minister Obaidul Quader announced that the bridge would be opened in 2022. "); } In an application to the Ministry of Planning, the road transport ministry cited delays to the work caused by the coronavirus pandemic for seeking the time extension...

Local Navy Contract Awards; February 24-March 2, 2021 Search March 03, 2021 WASHINGTON (March 3, 2021)—The U.S. Department of Defense recently announced the following contract awards that pertain to local Navy activities. Contracts For Feb. 24, 2021 Vertex Aerospace LLC, Madison, Mississippi, is awarded a $24,514,965 modification (P00007) to previously awarded firm-fixed-price, cost, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract N00421-19-D-0031. This modification exercises an option to p...

NEC approves Tk 1,97,643cr RADP for FY21 607 DHAKA, March 2, 2021 (BSS) – The National Economic Council (NEC) today approved a Taka 1,97,643 crore Revised Annual Development Programme (RADP) for the current fiscal year (FY21) keeping highest priority to the transport sector. The approval came from a meeting of the NEC held at its conference room in the city’s Sher-e-Bangla Nagar with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair. The Prime Minister chaired the meeting through video conferencing...

In a rare move, the railways ministry yesterday changed the directors of 17 projects of Bangladesh Railway, aiming to facilitate their quick implementation. The ministry made the decision to execute the prime ministers directive for taking steps to ensure "one project, one project director," officials said. However, 15, out of the 17 project directors, have to carry out their new roles as additional charges along with their main tasks, due to shortages of necessary manpower, they said. In this ...