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The Tk. 32.48bn Development Project Proposal (DPP) for Bangabandhu-1, the first satellite of Bangladesh is ready for being placed before the highest economic policy making body Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC). The Bangladesh Telcommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has already finalised the proposal from its end and would initiate buying 'orbital slot" for the satellite once ECNEC gives approval. The BTRC will purchase an orbital slot on 119 degree East from Intersputnik, a renowaned Russian company, at a cost of $28m (Tk 217.7bn) with a single lifetimes of 15 years. Initially, the BTRC applied for a slot on 102 degree East to the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). However, nearly 20 countries including the USA, Russia, France and Australia raised objections that their satellite communication would be disrupted if Bangladesh was given that slot. Out of the proposed DPP cost of Tk. 32.48bn, the government will bear Tk. 15.60bn from its own funds. Of the Tk. 15.60bn the government allocated Tk. 6.91bn in the previous fiscal, Tk. 3.49bn for the ongoing (2013-14) fiscal, and the remaining Tk. 5.02bn for the next (2014-15). The other half of the project cost that is Tk. 16.883bn will be funded by a supplier's credit from the Export import Bank of USA. Earlier the Export-Import of USA sent a proposal to the government through the BTRC for funding the project at less than 2% interest. The Government had decided to launch the satellite under Public-Private Partnership (PPP) scheme in order to ensure impeccable maintenance after the launch. According to documents, the project commenced on July 1 this year and will end on June 30, 2016. The telecom regulator has chosen Betbunia of Chittagong and the BTCL Staff College in Gazipur for setting up two earth stations for the satellite. There will also be a maintenance office at the BTRC building. Sources said after purchasing the orbital slot for the Bangabandhu-1, the government would try to book two more slots in advance on 102 degree East and 69 degree East for launching two more satellites in the future. The government has also reportedly shown interest in purchasing the 135 degree East slot from the ITU, although in location was far way from Bangladesh's coverage. A single satellite will never be viable for business. We need to launch at least one more satellite for getting benefined and making profits," BTRC chairman Sunil Kanti Bose said. for running television channels, telephones and radio connectivity. A successful launching of the satellite is likely to bring $50m annually by renting out the unused portion to neighbouring countries like Nepal, Bhutan and Myanmar. Fifty countries in the world at present have satellites of their own. India and Pakistan are the only countries in the subcontinent with satellites, Sri Lanka is also in the middle of a process for launching one of its own.

1. Answer the question below. Do not copy any sentence from the passage above. Write the answers in your own sentences having your own wording and phrasing:

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(b)
How has the government planned to fund the project?
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(d)
Name the proposed sites of operation for the satellite.
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What scheme of maintenance has the government undertaken?
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(f)
Which of the SARRC countries does not have sattelites?
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(h)
What is the name of the project that ECNEC will consider?
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Give a title to this news item.
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Write meanings of the following five words used in the passage. The meanings are provided in the box below. There are more than five words in the box. Choose the appropriate meanings :-
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impeccable (Write meanings)
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fiscal (Write meanings)
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launce (Write meanings)
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slot (Write meanings)
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disrupt (Write meanings)
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Fill in the table by putting words in the empty cells according to their parts of speech:
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Correct the following run-ons by using appropriate subordinates (such as, although, because, after, as, while, etc):
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BTRC forwarded the proposal, ECNEC approved the budget.
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Use appropriate capitalization, punctuation and quotation marks where required:
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