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Cybersecurity bulwark to be built under aided project

Dhaka, Feb. 28 -- A security bulwark is being built around Bangladesh's burgeoning digital activity under a Tk 6.7-billion project to ensure cybersecurity against threats, hacks and heists, officials ... Read More


Rural Road Maintenance: LGD proposes Tk 12.3b scheme to employ 79,680 women

Dhaka, Feb. 27 -- The Local Government Division (LGD), under the Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives, has proposed a new Tk 12.3-billion scheme aimed at keeping 70,440 kil... Read More


Cost of 65 dev projects ramped up by Tk 798.34b

Dhaka, Feb. 24 -- Costs of 65 projects have been ramped up by Tk 798.34 billion in apparent prodigal reappraisals of the development schemes by the just-gone interim government during its one-and-a-ha... Read More


Smart electricity meters lie idle

Dhaka, Feb. 6 -- Around 0.4 million smart pre-payment meters imported under Dhaka Power Distribution Company's (DPDC) long-delayed smart-metering project are lying idle in warehouses, raising concerns... Read More


Foreign aid pipeline shrinks 3.99pc in FY 2024-25

Dhaka, Jan. 31 -- The pipeline of foreign aid - funds available for disbursement - narrowed to $42.09 billion in FY25, marking a 3.99-percent fall from the previous fiscal year to hit the lowest level... Read More


Planning Commission approves Tk 2.0t revised ADP

Dhaka, Jan. 6 -- The Planning Commission has approved the proposed Revised Annual Development Programme (RADP) worth Tk 2.0 trillion for the current fiscal year (FY2025-26), giving the highest priorit... Read More


BRTC's CNG bus-purchase project limping

Dhaka, Jan. 4 -- The Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC) has spent only Tk 27.5 million in more than two and a half years -- just 0.24 per cent of the total Tk 11.33 billion project -- to pro... Read More


Midsize projects also face budget downsizing

Dhaka, Jan. 3 -- Many midsize development schemes also find their fate entwined with megaprojects in the infrastructure sector in downsizing budget outlays as the interim government tries to make two ... Read More


Climate-resilient digital lifeline planned for remote islands

Dhaka, Dec. 29 -- The ICT Division has proposed a $99.84-million project to build climate-resilient digital infrastructure across some of most remote and disaster-prone islands, targeting 77 unions an... Read More


MoYS submits Tk 2.01b Vehicle Driving Training Project to PC

Dhaka, Dec. 28 -- The Ministry of Youth and Sports (MoYS) has submitted the DPP of the Vehicle Driving Training Project (Phase II), taken at an estimated cost of Tk 2.01 billion, to the Planning Commi... Read More