Corruption in large-scale public projects has caused an average cost escalation of 70 per cent and delays of over five years, according to the white paper on the state of the economy. Of the $60 billion invested in ADP and development projects over the past 15 years, $14-24 billion (1.61-2.80 lakh
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No more mega project: PM tells ECNEC
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday asked the authorities concerned not to go for mega projects and instead take up small ones focusing on rural development and public welfare. She made the directives while chairing the meeting of the Executive Committee of National Economic Council (ECNEC) at the NEC conference
No more mega projects before polls: Quader
Mega projects cause BNP ‘mega-pain’: Obaidul Quader
R56 Awami League general secretary Obaidul Quader on Friday said the BNP couldn't implement any megaprojects during their tenure due to inept economic management, and now feel pained at the success reaped by AL. 'Megaprojects' in the Bangladeshi context are understood to be the large scale, ambitious, often eye-catching and usually
Padma bridge to open in June 2022
The Padma Bridge is expected to open for traffic around June 30 next year, said Cabinet Secretary Khandker Anwarul Islam. He made the remark at a briefing after the weekly cabinet meeting at the Secretariat on Monday afternoon. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina chaired the meeting virtually from Ganabhaban, while other ministers and