Saifuddin Saif

Saifuddin Saif is a Senior Staff Correspondent for the Business Standard. He has experience in the field of development budget and external debt for more than a decade. He can be reached at saif.ctg2010@gmail.com

File photo of woman rowing boat on Padma River. Photo: UNB

Bangladesh

Padma Barrage project heads for Ecnec nod as strategic answer to water crisis

Chinese Yuan and US dollar banknotes are seen in this illustration taken on 10 March 2023. File Photo: Reuters/Dado Ruvic

Bangladesh

If loans taken in yuan, yen, it would be cheaper than dollar, ERD finds

Eastern Refinery Limited (ERL). Photo: Collected

Economy

Dhaka in deep talks with IsDB over $1b Eastern Refinery loan terms

File Photo of Metro rail. Photo: Rajib Dhar/TBS

Transport

Govt plans commuter network to take pressure off Dhaka

Bangladesh

Bangladesh to repurpose $1.13b WB, AIIB loans for food, energy security

Steam rises from Unit 1 of the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant in Ishwardi, Pabna, after successful completion of cold and hot functional tests on 6 August 2025. Photo: Collected

Bangladesh

Rooppur power supply: Ensuring grid stability now key task

Economy

$1.6b tough-term loans get govt nod

Energy

Rooppur loads fuel today, edges closer to nuclear power generation

Economy

European Investment Bank to lend €705m for two railway projects

Infrastructure

Dhaka-Ctg corridor: 10-lane highway or fully elevated?

Economy

Why IMF nod matters in external financing

Economy

Fiscal pressure builds as Bangladesh faces $26b debt servicing in next five years

Bangladesh