Germany will provide Bangladesh 211 million euro for bilateral technical and financial cooperation.
Of the amount, 140 million euro will be provided for improvement and establishment of energy transmission lines and substations with a view to ensuring a more reliable and efficient energy supply.
Germany pledged the 211 million euro assistance at the two-day biannual negotiations on development cooperation between the two governments, which concluded yesterday, reads a press release from Germany Embassy in Dhaka.
The German delegation led by Dr Wolfram Klein, head of the South Asia Division, Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, and the Bangladeshi delegation headed by Abul Mansur Md Faizullah, additional secretary, Europe Wing, Ministry of Finance, took part in the negotiations.