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EIB provides €250 million to support COVID-19 immunisation in Bangladesh

The EIB will provide €250 million to strengthen Bangladesh’s healthcare system and support immunisation against COVID-19 This is the first operation allocated under the EIB’s €425 million South Asia Public Healthcare COVID-19 programme; the loan is covered by EU guarantees The European Investment Bank (EIB), the bank of the European Union and the largest multilateral …

Safe and sustainable ship recycling project in Bangladesh – second phase launched

The second phase of an IMO-implemented project to enhance safe and environmentally sound ship recycling in Bangladesh has been launched at a meeting of stakeholders in Dhaka, Bangladesh (26 November). The 19-month project isfunded under a US$1.1 million agreement with the Government of Norway. Itfocuses on building capacity within Bangladesh to develop a legal, policy …

IFAD and Bangladesh invest US$109 million to increase incomes of rural households

Rome, 1 August 2018 – The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and Bangladesh today signed a financing agreement to significantly increase incomes and food and nutrition security for 250,000 rural households in southern Bangladesh where the highest percentage of rural poor reside. The agreement for the Smallholder Agricultural Competitiveness Project (SACP) was signed by …

HCC wins first International Nuclear Power contract in Bangladesh

Awarded Rs.737 cr Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant contract in JV with MAX Group Mumbai, June 06, 2018: Infrastructure major, Hindustan Construction Company Ltd. (HCC), in the joint venture with MAX Group, a leading construction company in Bangladesh has been awarded US$ 110 million (Rs.737 crore) contract by Russia’s State Nuclear Company, JSC Atomstroyexport, for civil …

Continued support for safe and sustainable ship recycling in Bangladesh

13/12/2017 Second phase of an IMO-implemented project to enhance safe and environmentally sound ship recycling in Bangladesh is set to begin in January. The second phase of an IMO-implemented project to enhance safe and environmentally sound ship recycling in Bangladesh is set to begin in January, following a US$1.1 million funding agreement with Norway. The two-year …

Bangladesh moves to protect Rohingya children from diphtheria

12 December 2017, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh — The Government of Bangladesh, with the support of UNICEF, the World Health Organization and GAVI, the Vaccine Alliance, today launched  a vaccination campaign against diphtheria and other preventable diseases for all Rohingya children aged 6 weeks to 6 years living in 12 camps and temporary settlements near the Myanmar …