100pc electricity coverage in 3-4 years
The country will come under 100 percent electricity coverage within the next three-four years, State Minister for Power Nasrul Hamid told the parliament yesterday.
In reply to a supplementary query from BNP MP Harunur Rashid (Chapainawabganj-3) during the question-answer session, the junior minister said, “100 percent electricity coverage will be ensured throughout the country within the next three to four years.”
Hamid said it took 50 years for South Korea to ensure uninterrupted electricity supply.
In reply to a question from BNP MP Gulam Mohammad Siraj (Bogura-6), Hamid said the present government increased price of electricity on six occasions in the last 10 years.
Meanwhile, Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud, yesterday in the parliament, said the government has so far given permission to 45 television channels. Of them, 30 are now in operation.
He placed a list of 45 television channels in reply to a written question from Awami League MP Ahasanul Islam Titu (Tangail-6).
Among the rest, 11 television channels are now awaiting telecast, while four have yet to get frequency allocations according to the list.
The 11 television channels are: TV Today (owned by Abu Bashar Mohammad Raqibul Baset), Spice TV (Shila Islam), Prime TV (Tanjia Siraj), Citizen TV (Md Shafiqur Rahman), Global TV (Mamunur Rashid Kiron MP), Amar TV (Zinat Chowdhury), Khela TV (Tanvir Abir), Titas TV (Dhanad Islam Deepta), Rangdhunu TV (Mohammad Saiful Alam), Utasab TV (Nur Mohammad) and Channel 21 (Abdullah Al Mamun).
The four channels yet to get frequency allocation are: Cambrian TV (owned by Lion MK Bashar), Green TV (Syed Golam Dastagir), Amar Gaan (Tarun Dey) and Channel 52 (Morshed Alam).
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