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Land ministry's Tk 7.77b 'Gucchagram-Phase III' project proposal sent back

Dhaka, Oct. 7 -- The Planning Commission (PC) has sent back the Land Ministry's project proposal on "Gucchagram - Phase III" worth Tk 7.77 billion, attributing reasons to inclusion of unnecessary comp... Read More


Revenue board to be linked to multiple public agencies

Dhaka, Oct. 4 -- The government plans to launch a new digital transformation initiative to integrate siloed, fragmented, and duplicative data from public agencies across multiple ministries and divisi... Read More


Little progress made on Tk22.58b development project in three yrs

Dhaka, Oct. 2 -- Rajshahi Medical University (RMU) has made little progress on its Tk22.58 billion development project, with only a portion of the boundary wall completed in the last three years since... Read More


Health sector steeped in unhealthy practices in procurement, equipment use

Dhaka, Sept. 29 -- High-value medical equipment purchased over a year ago remains largely unused, exposing critical gaps in resource utilisation and public money's value. Such neglect and waste offic... Read More


Govt to construct 10-storey building for only 50-man BIMSTEC HQ

Dhaka, Sept. 20 -- The government plans to construct a 10-storey building at Gulshan in Dhaka for the headquarters of BIMSTEC, the Bay of Bengal regional bloc, comprising seven countries, formed to bo... Read More


Another 2-year extension on the cards

Dhaka, Aug. 31 -- The much-hyped Japanese Economic Zone project at Araihazar in Narayanganj is heading for another two-year extension, with the Chief Adviser's Office now seeking a second revision to ... Read More


Govt launches centralised digital platform for project approvals

Dhaka, Aug. 24 -- The Planning Division under the Ministry of Planning has launched a centralised digital platform to streamline the public investment cycle, from preparing Development Project Proposa... Read More


Poor coordination key barrier for delays in large infrastructure projects

Dhaka, Aug. 20 -- The Implementation Monitoring and Evaluation Division (IMED) has identified inadequate coordination in land acquisition and utility relocation as a key constraint on the timely imple... Read More


Tk 136b projects await ECNEC nod

Dhaka, Aug. 17 -- The Local Government Division has submitted two major project proposals worth Tk 135.72 billion to expand surface water supply in Dhaka and Khulna city corporation areas. Of the tot... Read More


Widespread violations of PPR found in major rail projects

Dhaka, Aug. 16 -- The execution period of 43.33 per cent of the procurement tenders under five major Bangladesh Railway projects has been extended by 211-1,598 days due to the failure to complete work... Read More