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Members of Patiya Sahitya Sangsad seen with word famous photographer Shoeb Faruki during his visit to Patiya in Chittagong yesterday.

5 Aug 2014, 12:00 am0

$600m WB loan for rural power supply

UNB, Dhaka :The World Bank Board on Thursday approved $ 600 million in concessional financing to improve the quality of electricity supply in the eastern part of Bangladesh benefiting some 25 million rural people of the country.The World Bank-supported ‘Rural Electricity Transmission and Distribution Project’ aims to reduce system losses and enhance capacity in the electricity network in rural Bangladesh, said a press release.The project will reduce technical losses in the rural grid electricity system and will help to ensure...

1 Mar 2014, 12:00 am