project delays and cost overruns
Bangladesh railway must tighten its belt
Another exposé of wasteful spending shows the urgency of corrective action
17 March 2025
Taskforce report: 8 mega projects cost $7.5b more for graft, delay
The initially estimated costs of these projects were $11.2 billion in total
31 January 2025
Another public project gone awfully awry
Lack of progress in hi-tech parks project is unacceptable
8 July 2024
How many times can a project be revised?
RHD highway expansion project continues to hit roadblocks
8 April 2024
Railway inefficiencies are proving costly
Lack of accountability is the main issue
14 February 2024
Bangladesh Railway must be made accountable
Why is it continuously failing to finish projects on time and within budget?
5 October 2023
Speed up the food storage project
Ensure accountability for missed deadlines
15 July 2023
Government should rethink its spending priorities
Increased expenditure on low-priority projects will further fuel inflation
20 June 2023
A super specialised hospital that serves no one
BSMMU must ensure its new unit is ready to serve the public without any further delay
10 June 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
WB concerned about project delays
The more than seven years average project implementation period for Bangladesh between 2016 and 2021 presents a risk to the effective implementation of the next country partnership framework, said the World Bank in a report recently.
11 May 2023
Chattogram deserves better from its city corporation
A street lighting project that has been in limbo for years shows how ill-prepared CCC is
21 December 2022
RHD must not delay crucial projects
It must explain why estimated cost of a project shot up even before its take-off
13 December 2022
Why is RHD hiring firms with poor records?
Important road development projects should not be in incompetent hands
9 December 2022
Is Bangladesh Railway beyond hope?
Why are all of railway projects running behind schedule?
4 December 2022
Public projects must support our environmental agenda
Will the PM’s latest directive be followed by the relevant authorities?
23 November 2022
The public shouldn’t pay for govt ineptitude
Project delays a direct result of irresponsible governance
14 October 2022
Why do railway projects keep floundering?
Authorities should critically examine and fix systemic problems
29 August 2022
Foreign trips are no gifts to be doled out to state officials
The government must stop this farcical exercise
28 August 2022
Public Money: Easy Come, Easy Go
Wastefully expensive government projects are hurting the people
13 August 2022