Since its launching in 2011, the National e-Government Procurement (e-GP) portal has so far invited six and a half lakh tenders and it is saving $600 million a year, the Central Procurement Technical Unit (CPTU) said yesterday. Online tendering reduced the average time in procurement processing from 86.7 days to 58 days.
Just two years back when the pandemic arose, Bangladesh’s healthcare sector faced a dreadful situation with its inadequate equipment and infrastructural facilities.
The government, with an aim to uphold the martyred Indian soldiers' contribution to the cause of Bangladesh's liberation as part of Bangladesh-India allied force, decided to construct a memorial in July 2017.
The eight fast track projects being implemented by the government are seeing mixed progress with four having made significant progress as of November this year while the rest may not see timely completion.