REJAUL KARIM BYRON

Bangladesh plans to launch a Tk 316 crore reform programme aimed at significantly speeding up project planning, approval, and implementation through the use of artificial intelligence for the first time.

Backed by the World Bank, the initiative to digitise and streamline the management of government spending is likely to be cleared at today’s meeting of the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC).

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