Govt reduces Tk 46,308 crore cost from 33 projects
The interim government has reduced around Tk 46,308 crore cost from 33 projects under the ministries of road transport and bridges, railways and power, energy and mineral resources...
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GCI project ends in Bangladesh
Key stakeholders from the refrigeration and air conditioning sector gathered at the Department of Environment in Dhaka鈥檚 Agargaon on Monday to celebrate the completion of the Green Cooling Initiative III Project in Bangladesh...
Human Project after July uprising
THE 鈥楬uman Project鈥� is a conceptual blueprint for fostering socially and fiscally responsible economic justice, especially in systematically exploited, excluded, and disempowered communities. By focusing on social equity and deep investment in human capital and thereby engineering shared prosperity as the sustainable return, the Human Project aspires to bring...
TEESTA IRRIGATION PROJECT:聽Govt-set rate Tk聽480 an acre, farmers pay Tk聽1,000 for water supply
Farmers are allegedly paying Tk聽1,000 an acre for irrigation water supply from the Teesta Irrigation Project although the government has set the rate at Tk 480 an acre throughout the year.
Teesta mega plan鈥檚 feasibility study timeline extended
Water resources adviser Syeda Rizwana Hasan announced on Saturday that the government extended the feasibility study timeline for the Teesta River project by two more years under two specific conditions...
Joint venture projects should adopt rational pay scale
INDIAN nationals occupying almost all top positions at the Bangladesh India Friendship Power Company that runs a 1,320MW coal-based power plant at Rampal, Bagerhat and drawing heftier salaries and benefits than their peers is surprising. According to a financial review by the Bangladesh Power Development Board, 32 of the top 40 positions are occupied by Indians...
Shishu Park must open its door to children
THE Dhaka Shishu Park has been closed for children since 2019 for renovation and is unlikely to open its doors by 2026. The modernisation plan, initially taken by the liberation war affairs ministry at a cost of Tk 265.44 crore for the Liberation Monument project in Suhrawardy Udyan, was supposed to begin in January 2018...
Bangladesh not to suspend Indian LoC projects聽
Finance adviser Salehuddin Ahmed on Wednesday said that they would not suspend any project being implemented with the line of credits from India...
No response prompts re-tender of BPDB solar power projects 聽
The Bangladesh Power Development Board has again extended the deadlines for its three tenders floated to build solar power plants with capacities between 10MW and 100MW as no proposals have so far been received from potential investors...
BNP to sign Teesta deal with China if elected: Moyeen
Bangladesh Nationalist Party standing committee member Abdul Moyeen Khan on Thursday told a senior leader of the Communist Party of China that if his party was elected to power in the next election, it would sign an agreement with China to implement the Teesta River water management project...
Faruque Ahmed joins DMTCL as managing director
Faruque Ahmed, a Bangladeshi civil engineer having experiences to work on different metro rail projects in different countries, joined Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited as the managing director on Wednesday...
China wants Bangladesh to start Teesta project early
Chinese ambassador to Bangladesh Yao Wen on Tuesday said that China was aware of the hardship of people living on the Teesta banks and wanted the planned development project on the trans-boundary river to start soon.
Taskforce recommends bonds for infrastructure projects
The loan under the government-to-government negotiation from China and India is increasingly influenced by geopolitics, challenging Bangladesh to successfully implement its infrastructure projects...
DTCA should learn from past mistakes
THE government plan on a bus route franchise to streamline public transports in Dhaka could clash with a similar programme that the transport owners鈥� association has taken up. This is worrying. The road transport adviser in December 2024 announced that the government would introduce company-based bus operation on nine routes in Dhaka on February...
FOREIGN ADVISER鈥橲 CHINA VISIT: Talks on Teesta project likely
Foreign affairs adviser Md Touhid Hossain on Wednesday said that Bangladesh and China were set to renew the memorandum of understanding signed by the two countries on the sharing of hydrological data on the River Brahmaputra during the flood season and the renewal of the MoU would pave the way for reopening talks on the Teesta project...
DAMS, DUCTS AND DIPLOMATIC DILEMMAS: India鈥檚 dominance and Bangladesh鈥檚 decision
INDIA is investing $1 billion to accelerate the construction of 12 hydropower projects in Arunachal Pradesh, aiming to harness the state鈥檚 estimated hydropower potential of more than 57,000MW. The strategy includes developing at least 135 hydroelectric projects along the River Brahmaputra. However, building dams upstream may worsen water shortage...
External interest payment surges by 60pc on megaproject loans
The government鈥檚 overall interest payments grew by 21 per cent in the 2023-24 financial year largely because of a 60-per cent rise in the external interest payment against foreign loans, mostly taken for financing megaprojects by...
AL-APPROVED POWER PROJECTS: Govt still pays high capacity charge
Some of the power projects approved without tender by the Awami League regime ousted in August 2024 continue to receive excessive capacity charge, up to 73 per cent more than what they should get, according to a...
鈥楧am鈥� disregard deepens downstream discontent
WATER disputes between nations frequently emerge from managing shared hydrological resources, mainly when an upstream riparian state exerts control over the source and implements large-scale infrastructural initiatives that may disrupt downstream flow dynamics. India鈥檚 extensive hydropower projects on the River Brahmaputra and...
ACC should also look into other allegations of corruption
THE decision of the Anti-Corruption Commission to carry out a further investigation in a case filed against seven people on charges of 鈥榗orruption conspiracy鈥� in hiring consultants for the Padma bridge project is welcome. The people alleged to have been involved in the 鈥榗orruption conspiracy鈥�, in the case that the commission filed...
Debt trap fear mounts over megaprojects
The megaprojects implemented mostly with foreign loans by the now ousted Awami League regime have left the nation with concerns over the debt trap amid the questionable expected returns...
HRW slams Saudi labour abuses ahead of 2034 World Cup vote
Human Rights Watch criticised the treatment of migrant workers on construction projects in Saudi Arabia Wednesday ahead of the expected confirmation of the kingdom鈥檚 hosting of the 2034 World Cup...
Energy projects under AL should be carefully examined
THE committee to investigate economic corruption under the deposed Awami League government in its report submitted to the interim government on December 1 termed the energy sector as a 鈥榗onduit of corruption鈥�. The findings of the committee confirm the observation of economists, energy experts, and anti-corruption watchdogs, who have all along urged the government to reform the energy sector and...
Luxury guesthouse to be leased out
The Bangladesh Bridge Authority has planned to lease out a luxury guest house to international hotel management companies in a desperate bid to reduce the loss incurred from the operation of the newly built tunnel under the River Karnaphuli in Chattogram...
DWASA struggles with two AL-era projects
Two projects implemented by the ousted Awami League government are generating insignificant income for the Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority which is struggling to improve water quality and...
Biggest project sees no major progress
The country is set to observe National Road Safety Day tomorrow with its biggest ever road safety project likely to undergo significant cuts both in its cost and scope.聽
Tk 148cr projects fail to revive silk industry
The projects involving Tk 148.95 crore that the government took up have failed to revive the silk sector in a decade.
Suspension of foreign-funded projects slammed
Investors at a discussion expressed concern at the suspension of foreign-funded projects in the renewable energy sector and requested simplified project approval and tax incentives to...
Number of project revision proposals for cost, time hike drops
Ministries and divisions have submitted proposals seeking revision of 33 projects, mostly for time extension, in the first two months of FY25, indicating slowing down of the trend seeking cost hike and time extension of projects...
BNP leader Shaikh Rabiul suspended
The Bangladesh Nationalist Party has suspended its executive committee member Shaikh Rabiul Alam Robi following his alleged involvement in the murder of Tanjeel Jahan Islam Tamim in the Rampura Mahanagar Project area in the capital...