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ECNEC-MEETING-2 LAST DHAKA
The planning minister said that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has asked the authorities concerned to create a special fund to give financial support or loan support to the affected cinema hall owners to restart their cinema halls.
Mannan said many cinema halls across the country have now been abandoned while many cinema hall owners have transformed their cinema halls into shopping malls or into other establishments.
“Besides, new cinema halls are not coming. Under the circumstances, the cinema hall owners will get loan support if they wish (for reopening their cinema halls) and the government will extend necessary support to them,” he added.
Referring to the approval of the Extension of artificial breeding operations and implementation of fetus (bhroon) transfer technology, 3rd phase, 1st revised, with an additional cost of Taka 206.30 crore, Mannan said the Prime Minister stressed the need for conducting more researches on artificial breeding.
He said that the premier had noted that there is a need for consuming more animal protein and for exporting meat.
While giving approval to the Establishment of Sheikh Kamal IT Training and Incubation Center (11 Centers) to be implemented by the Bangladesh Hi-Tech Park Authority under the ICT Division with around Taka 799 crore, the planning minister said the premier asked the authorities concerned to develop a mechanism to give social and institutional recognition to the countrywide freelancers who are doing a good job and also earning their livelihood.
The prime minister also suggested the ICT Division to make necessary arrangements for providing training to the youths on various languages like Chinese, Japanese, French and Spanish by the ICT training centers.
The two other projects approved in the meeting are Buffalo research and development with Taka 63.17 crore and Strengthening publicity operations towards improving the rural communities, 1st revised, with an additional cost of Taka 47.73 crore.
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