, Nov. 4 -- The expansion of Sylhet Osmani International Airport has ecome costliebr by Tk 470.87 crore as project delays and major design revisions push up expenses and extend the completion deadline by two more years.

Officials said the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) recently approved the first revision of the Expansion of Sylhet Osmani International Airport (Phase-I) project, raising its total cost to Tk 2,780.66 crore from the original Tk 2,309.79 crore, an increase of about 20.39 percent.

Under the revised plan, the project implemented by the Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) under the Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism will now continue until December 2027 instead of December 2025.

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