DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday (April 11) directed the finance ministry to sanction Tk 1,000-crore for the jute sector.
Of the amount, Tk 300-crore will be spent to pay the workers’ salary and allowance arrears.
The premier made the directives to the finance minister AMA Muhith during a cabinet meeting at noon.
Sheikh Hasina presided over the meeting at secretariat in city.
BDST: 2121 HRS, APR 11, 2016
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