Bangladesh development projects

Govt moves to trim slow-moving projects

Ministries instructed to review projects with less than 30% progress and scrap those no longer viable
28 June 2026

Repair risky bridges and culverts urgently

RHD must keep up inspections, ensure accountability for shoddy work.
21 May 2025

Take steps to repair Pirojpur roads

Regular maintenance, provision of funds necessary
17 April 2025

Why are iron bridges in Barguna collapsing?

Take measures to address the plight of commuters
4 March 2025

Another public project gone awfully awry

Lack of progress in hi-tech parks project is unacceptable
8 July 2024

No respite from habitual delays in public projects

Dhaka-Sylhet expansion work plagued by land acquisition issues
15 May 2024

Timely road repairs are vitally needed

LGED must reduce its huge repairs backlog, prevent shoddy construction
11 February 2024

No hasty projects in times of crisis

Government should be cautious about taking up new projects before election
30 October 2023

Unfinished bridges, unfulfilled promises

A wake-up call for Bangladesh’s development planners
20 September 2023

How can a highway crumble in just three years?

The Khulna-Satkhira highway fiasco serves as a wake-up call for development authorities
29 July 2023

When bridges are not bridge-y enough

It shows how poor planning and lax quality control are marring Bangladesh's development projects
28 July 2023

Poor quality control is hurting the future of development

Authorities must ensure quality, prevent irregularities in construction projects
10 July 2023

Government should rethink its spending priorities

Increased expenditure on low-priority projects will further fuel inflation
20 June 2023

Why should people have to suffer for RHD failure?

Complete the Jamalpur railway overpass project without further delay
21 May 2023

1 Month extension raises project cost by 0.95 percentage points: study

1 month time extension raises project cost by 0.95 percentage points
18 May 2023

WB is right to flag up project delays in Bangladesh

Project delay has been a persistent problem, but it is not an irreversible one
11 May 2023

The price of expensive development

This unusually high construction costs of various megaprojects in Bangladesh are fuelled by irregularities, corruption, and problems with project planning.
12 April 2023

All behind schedule

Bangladesh Railway is implementing 35 projects to expand its services, but none of them would be completed on time, raising questions about its capability in executing such a large number of development schemes concurrently.
3 December 2022

Another awful tragedy in the pursuit of development

BRT project authorities must answer for their negligence
17 August 2022

​AIIB to provide $1bn for Bangladesh’s dev projects

The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) will provide Bangladesh one billion dollar for the development of various projects.
9 September 2019