All the fast-track projects in Bangladesh, save two, missed execution deadlines to entail massive cost escalation, insiders said.The Padma Bridge, its rail link, Rampal power plant, Pyra seaport development, Dohazari-Ramu-Cox's Bazar-Ghundum railway route, and Matarbari power-plant projects have been revised on several occasions so far.Only two other fast-track mega-projects—MRT line-6...
Read moreBangladesh is set to reopen all educational institutions across the country on September 12 after a year and a half of closure due to the coronavirus pandemic, report agencies.The SSC and HSC exams will also go ahead as planned, Education Minister Dipu Moni said during a visit to Chandpur on...
Read moreShahnaz Aktar used to work at a kindergarten school in the Mohammadpur area of Dhaka. She used to earn Tk 10,000 a month - enough to meet education expenses of her two sisters. However, due to prolonged closure of academic institutions due to the Covid pandemic, she lost her job...
Read moreThe country's maiden offshore natural gas platform Sangu has remained abandoned over the past seven years, posing a threat of permanent damage to the facility worth millions of dollars.Petrobangla, the owner of the platform, is yet to decide on its use either by state entities or by private entrepreneurs, said...
Read moreTaliban co-founder Mullah Baradar will lead a new Afghan government set to be announced shortly, sources in the Islamist group said on Friday, as it battled rebel fighters in the Panjshir Valley and strived to ward off economic collapse, according to Tolo News.Baradar, who heads the Taliban's political office, will...
Read moreThe country recorded 70 new deaths from coronavirus on Friday, the lowest in 75 days, according to the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). The country earlier registered 67 deaths on June 19.Besides, 3,167 more people tested Covid-19 positive in the 24 hours between 8:00 am on Thursday and 8:00...
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