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