January 9, 2025
Dhaka – Chief Advisor Professor Muhammad Yunus told the European Investment Bank that the interim government is preparing for national and local body elections simultaneously [EIB] Vice President Nicholas Beale yesterday.
According to the press wing of the Office of the Chief Adviser, Bill said this during a visit to him at the State Guesthouse in Jamuna.
Earlier, Professor Yunus said national elections would be held by the end of this year or the first half of next year.
He sought help from the European Investment Bank to tackle corruption, a green transition to energy and develop wider plans for the Sundarbans mangroves and surrounding areas and river systems.
The Chief Consultant also sought support from the European Investment Bank to build facilities at Chittagong Port for the development of people in eastern Bangladesh and water management in northern Bangladesh.
The development of the port will also benefit eastern India and Myanmar, he said.
Bill assured the European Investment Bank that it would help the government implement important reforms. “We are in a challenging period; we support the interim government and its reform agenda.
She pledged support and said the EU had the technical expertise.
During the visit, Professor Yunus recalled his meeting with EU President Ursula von der Leyen on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York last September, when they discussed fighting corruption and Bangladesh's efforts to step up its transition to renewable energy. May support areas.
He also pointed out that he held a meeting with the EU envoy in December last year to discuss many areas of cooperation.
Chief Advisor Lutfi Siddiqui, Chairman of Bangladesh Investment Development Authority Ashiq Mahmood Chaudhry, Senior Secretary for Sustainable Development Goals Ramya Mohied, Secretary of the Ministry of Economic Relations Shah The event was attended by Rial Kader Siddiqui and EU Ambassador Michael Miller, among others.
