Prime Minister (PM) Sheikh Hasina has given instructions to withdraw subsidies for electricity and water apart from urging countrymen to be reasonable using water and electricity.

She spoke at a meeting of the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) at the NEC conference room in Sher-e-Bangla Nagar on Thursday (November 9).

The premier asked that water and electricity subsidies be based on income and distribution areas.

Quoting the PM during a briefing with reporters, Planning Minister MA Mannan said Hasina also asked for eventually phasing out all subsidies.

Mannan said the Premier also asked the authorities concerned to keep special attention so that the ongoing or future multi-storey buildings in the capital could not create air funnel in the way of air traffic movement.

BDST: 1849 HRS, NOV 09, 2023
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