JS passes PPP Bill-2015
Tuesday, 8 September 2015
The Jatiya Sangsad (Parliament) passed Monday the Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Bill 2015, aimed at spurring investment in the country.
The bill was unanimously passed in the house, with Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury in the chair, by voice vote.
Agriculture Minister Begum Matia Chowdhury, also in-charge of the parliamentary affairs in the Prime Minister's office, proposed the bill highlighting its salient features that would ensure "tremendous" investment from local and foreign entrepreneurs in infrastructure development both in public and private sectors, reports BSS.