Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has inaugurated and laid the foundation stones of 321 development projects in 56 districts under 21 ministries and divisions across the country.
She did it through a videoconference from her official Ganabhaban residence in Dhaka city on Thursday.
Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith, Housing and Public Works Minister Engineer Mosharraf Hossain, Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader, were present at the videoconference.
LGRD and Cooperatives Minister Engineer Khandakar Mosharraf Hossain, parliament members and secretaries concerned and senior officials of the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) were also present.
The projects included 17 schemes under the Ministry of Cultural Affairs, 31 projects under the Ministry of Textiles and Jute, two under the Health Ministry, 98 projects under the Home Ministry, reports BSS.
A total of 11 projects are under the Road Transport and Bridges Ministry, six projects under the Public Works Ministry, three schemes under the Liberation War Affairs Ministry.
Moreover, one scheme is under the Post and Telecommunications and ICT Ministry, 112 schemes under the Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry, four projects under the LGRD Ministry.
Among the 321 projects, three schemes are under the Information Ministry, two schemes under the Railways Ministry, five projects under the Education Ministry, 13 projects under the Water Resources Ministry, two schemes under the Fisheries and Animal Resources Ministry, and one under the BEPZA, the Prime Minister’s Office.
State Minister for Textiles and Jute Mirza Azam handed over a traditional “maslin saree” produced by the local weavers at the function.
The ministry is encouraging the weavers to produce the “maslin”, a heritage of the country, to regain its lost glory.