Government tightens control over foreign loans with new preconditions

Work on eight rail and road projects financed by India has remained halted for one and a half months, causing further delays to the already drawn-out projects.

The metro rail authorities are likely to miss the 2030 deadline for completing two of the six planned metro lines in Dhaka as they have not yet started carrying out feasibility studies for the two lines.

Ensure accountability for missed deadlines

The more than seven years average project implementation period for Bangladesh between 2016 and 2021 presents a risk to the effective implementation of the next country partnership framework, said the World Bank in a report recently.