The inescapable conclusion is that the relative lack of progress cannot be explained by a lack of focus or political priority. Instead, I believe the explanation lies in the fact that government strategies in this area have had less impact because of weaknesses in the way they were delivered.
EC secretary M Humayun Kabir and Managing Director of Teletalk Bangladesh Ltd Mohammad Mujibur Rahman signed the agreement, on behalf of their respective sides, at the conference room of EC Secretariat.
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The caretaker government has implemented many landmark governance reforms, but unfortunately one major reform that has remained untouched is of the sluggish and complex bureaucratic structure of the government, said Hua Du, country director of the Asian Development Bank (ADB).
Hua Du said this at the monthly luncheon meeting of the American Chamber of Commerce in Bangladesh (AmCham) at a city hotel yesterday.
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"We will establish the e-governance in the procurement system to ensure transparency and accountability for using the public money," he said while speaking as the chief guest at the concluding session of a three-day international workshop at a city hotel.
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"We have already taken necessary steps by consulting with the information ministry to start the education channel as early as possible," he said as the chief guest at a seminar in the city.