Development projects

Project delays: The Sinohydro case
Bangladesh

Project delays: The Sinohydro case

Trusting a company with a power plant construction, whose previous record was already bad, results into project delay  

Mohammad (Mejbah) Mejbahuddin, Former Senior Secretary, Economic Relations Division (ERD), Ministry of Finance, Government of Bangladesh. TBS Sketch
Panorama

‘No project is being delayed too long at the moment’

Professor Mustafizur Rahman. Illustration: TBS
Panorama

Project delays and escalating costs are driven by frequent revisions and lack of good governance

Photo: Mumit M/TBS
Panorama

What delays infrastructure projects in Bangladesh?

Annual external debt servicing to hit $2.5b in 4 years
Economy

Annual external debt servicing to hit $2.5b in 4 years

A laborer stands near the cargo supply at a warehouse near the port area in Karachi, Pakistan May 13, 2020. Photo: Reuters.
South Asia

Pakistan to cut expenditures, development funds to revive IMF programme

How frequent revisions push project costs up, benefits to back seat
Bangladesh

How frequent revisions push project costs up, benefits to back seat

Online auditing of dev project in the offing
Bangladesh

Online auditing of dev project in the offing

Dev projects tied up in cases among govt agencies
Economy

Dev projects tied up in cases among govt agencies

Picture: TBS/SAP
Bangladesh

Contractors for increasing costs of development projects

5 projects for developing rural infrastructures get Ecnec nod
Bangladesh

5 projects for developing rural infrastructures get Ecnec nod

Professor Mustafizur Rahman. Illustration: TBS
Panorama

‘Price volatility should be factored in while designing dev projects’

Japan-aided mega projects to get costlier
Bangladesh

Japan-aided mega projects to get costlier