ADB wants quick implementation of projects

Staff Correspondent: Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal said, “We hope that the Asian Development Bank (ADB) will continue their support to Bangladesh in various projects and sectors side by side we are also hopeful of getting support in newer areas.”

“They (ADB) also want quick implementation of the projects funded by it alongside their continued support to Bangladesh,” he said.

The minister made the statements while talking to reporters after holding a meeting with the Country Director of the ADB Manmohan Parkash at his ERD office in the capital's Sher-e-Bangla Nagar on Tuesday afternoon.

Mentioning that the partnership of Bangladesh with ADB is very warm, Kamal said, “We hope our partnership will be more strengthened in the coming days. The ADB is one of our largest development partners and they are helping us in various capacities in different projects and every project is going well.”

Manmohan said they also discussed about the macroeconomic side of Bangladesh as the country is doing very well in this regard. “We will work very closely on a range of new initiatives to make sure that Bangladesh is able to achieve its desired development goals,” he added.

The ADB Country Director also said, “We believe we will have a very good partnership in the months and years to come,” Replying to a question, he said that they would be working very closely with the government to make sure that the ADB funded projects are implemented faster, better and stronger.

He also thinks that the appointment of AHM Mustafa Kamal as the new Finance Minister would really help to implement the projects faster.


risingbd/Dhaka/Feb 5, 2019/Hasibul/AI