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Tk 1,064cr highway project set to improve connectivity in Ctg hill districts

Dhaka, March 9 -- The government has undertaken a Tk 1,064.26 crore project to widen and upgrade Rangamati (Manikchhari)-Mahalchhari-Khagrachhari Regional Highway in a bid to improve road safety, stre... Read More


Years after deadline, Gazipur destitute children rehab project still unfinished

Dhaka, March 8 -- A government project aimed at providing training and rehabilitation for destitute children remains incomplete more than three years after its original deadline, prompting authorities... Read More


Housing project in Narayanganj faces decade-long delay

Dhaka, March 4 -- A government housing project in Narayanganj launched nearly a decade ago to ease accommodation shortages for public servants remains incomplete despite repeated deadline extensions. ... Read More


Tk 1,952 crore project aims to unlock Sylhet's trade, tourism potentials

Sylhet, March 3 -- Known for its scenic landscape but constrained by poor road infrastructure, Sylhet division is poised for a major overhaul as the government moves ahead with a Tk 1,952 crore projec... Read More


Bangladesh plans skills-based education for thousands of out-of-school children

, Feb. 14 -- For thousands of children left behind by poverty, migration, disability or family hardship, the classroom has long been out of reach in Bangladesh. Now, a new government move seeks to reo... Read More


Hili land port highway upgrade delayed again, cost jumps to Tk 588cr

, Feb. 8 -- A major road development project meant to strengthen connectivity between Dhaka and Hili land port in Dinajpur is facing further delays, with the government proposing a sharp rise in costs... Read More


New climate-resilient project aims to create 1,000 new agri-entrepreneurs in Rajshahi division

, Feb. 3 -- As climate stress tightens its grip on Bangladesh's farmlands and cultivable land continues to shrink, the government has rolled out a large-scale agricultural project aimed at securing fo... Read More


Living with Monsoon floods: Can Surma-Kushiyara project change Sylhet's fate?

, Feb. 1 -- For generations, the Surma and Kushiyara rivers have shaped life in Sylhet and Habiganj-nurturing fertile floodplains while also unleashing destruction with alarming regularity. Each mons... Read More


Tk 1,300cr GK irrigation rehabilitation project aims to revive southwest agriculture

, Jan. 24 -- The government has taken a rehabilitation and emergency maintenance programme for Ganges-Kobadak (GK) Irrigation Project at a cost of Tk 1,299.96 crore, aiming to restore one of the count... Read More