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CHITTAGONG, May 4: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today urged the businessmen to participate in the nation building activities through private-public partnership (PPP).
"The government has undertaken many projects. I urge the businessmen to come forward with their investment proposals for implementation of the projects. I will give you all-out support," the PM said when a team of Chittagong Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI) met her at the PM's office in Dhaka this afternoon.
The CCCI team headed by its president Morshed Murad Ibrahim gave her an overview of the prospects and problems of the country's prime maritime port.
The Prime Minister said government has taken up a number of projects for development of the port including its extension on the south bank of the Karnafuli river.
She also said her government has a plan to construct a tunnel under the Karnaphuli river and carry out dredging in the river.
She further said that the government will set up a university at the Rangamati hill district following the architectural design of Bhutan. The businessmen will be welcomed if they come forward for investing in the education sector in the hill district.
Captain Shafi Chaudhury, director of the CCCI and a veteran master mariner, said that longer vessels could enter the port through the Gupta Crossing of the channel if it was properly dredged.
Immediate past president of the CCCI MA Latif MP, CCCI senior vice president Mahbubul Alam, vice present Nurun Newaz Selim, MA Salam, Mazharul Islam Chowdhury, Mahfuzul Huq Shah, among others, were present.
Hasina seeks investment in dev projects through PPP
FE Team | Published: May 05, 2011 00:00:00 | Updated: February 01, 2018 00:00:00
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