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