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Padma Bridge. File Photo: Mumit M/TBS

The projects we build and the system that breaks them

Why Bangladesh’s public investments miss deadlines and what the government must fix

Planning Adviser Dr Wahiduddin Mahmud speaks to reporters after an ECNEC meeting on 25 January, emphasising the government’s cautious approach to foreign loans and the need to avoid a debt trap. Photo: Collected

Govt to accept foreign loans only for critical projects: Planning Adviser

Crores spent, plans abandoned: Why govt scrapped notable projects last fiscal

Crores spent, plans abandoned: Why govt scrapped notable projects last fiscal

Illustration: Ashrafun Naher Ananna/TBS Creative

29 projects scrapped after spending Tk6,755cr

Illustration: TBS

Costly training, scant results: How skills projects keep failing to deliver jobs

The construction of the state-of-the-art research and hospital complex for icddr,b within its Teknaf campus will be overseen by the Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) in collaboration with the Asian Development Bank (ADB). Representational Photo: Courtesy

Health, education prioritised in govt’s 36-project foreign financing plan

Govt moves to streamline projects, cut waste and delays

Govt moves to streamline projects, cut waste and delays

Finance Adviser Dr Salehuddin Ahmed. File Photo

Refrain from unnecessary, large-scale projects: Finance Adviser

File photo/Reuters

World Bank approves $250m to bolster public sector performance in Bangladesh

Infographic: TBS

Ctg's Karnaphuli residential project to get water supply after 30 years

Planning Adviser Wahiduddin Mahmud. Sketch: TBS

Basic changes needed in project formulation and approval: Planning adviser

An aerial view of Dhaka Elevated Expressway. Photo: Olid Ebna Shah/TBS

Key infrastructure projects pick up pace after spell of stagnation

Sk Bashir Uddin. File Photo: Collected

Govt to prioritise merit over relationships in jute, textiles investment decisions: Adviser Bashir