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

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Infrastructure

Japan firm offers to build $3.4b bridges connecting South under PPP

Analysis

Weak feasibility study, economic analysis leads to time, cost overruns of projects: IMED

Bangladesh

Draft policy opens project director posts to private sector experts, retired officials

Infrastructure

Govt plans $3.9b in foreign aid for 17 key infrastructure, tech schemes

Industry

Bepza Economic Zone in Mirsarai draws nearly $130m before completion, eyes $2.9b potential

The Rupsha power plant under construction. Photo: Google Maps

Energy

Rupsha 800MW power plant seeks one-year extension as long-term gas supply remains uncertain

Transport

Metro Rail safety audit flags structural defects, fire risks

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Economy

IMF reviews Bangladesh's external debt risks, slow loan disbursements

Eastern Refinery Limited (ERL). Photo: Collected/File

Economy

Govt okays $1b stringent IsDB loan for Eastern Refinery expansion

Street children. Photo: Tahsin Samin/TBS

Bangladesh

Govt plans Tk420cr project to rehabilitate street children nationwide

An aerial view shows dense buildings and narrow roads in Old Dhaka's Bangshal area on 4 July 2026. File Photo: Syed Zakir Hossain/TBS

Infrastructure

Modern housing, 60% open space: Can Rajuk pull off Old Dhaka makeover plan?

Infrastructure

Rate schedules for govt works to be unified, market-based

Bangladesh