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28 projects finalised

Nine new projects have been added and two projects have been dropped from the previous list of projects included in the memorandum of understanding (MOU) which will be signed during the 2-day Dhaka visit of the Chinese President Xi Jinping on October 14. With these changes, the total number of projects now stands at 28. The Chinese side on Sunday sent Bangladesh the final draft of the MOU containing the names of these projects. Apart from these, some more projects have been included in a separate MoU while three have been included for a framework agreement and three have been put in a loan agreement. The nine newly included projects are -- Construction of a DG Track parallel to the existing MG line in Joydevpur-Mymensingh Section (258 million…

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