project delays and cost overruns

Bangladesh railway must tighten its belt

Another exposé of wasteful spending shows the urgency of corrective action
17 March 2025, 06:00 AM

Taskforce report: 8 mega projects cost $7.5b more for graft, delay

The initially estimated costs of these projects were $11.2 billion in total
31 January 2025, 18:00 PM

Another public project gone awfully awry

Lack of progress in hi-tech parks project is unacceptable
8 July 2024, 08:09 AM

How many times can a project be revised?

RHD highway expansion project continues to hit roadblocks
8 April 2024, 09:30 AM

Railway inefficiencies are proving costly

Lack of accountability is the main issue
14 February 2024, 08:59 AM

Bangladesh Railway must be made accountable

Why is it continuously failing to finish projects on time and within budget?
5 October 2023, 09:30 AM

Speed up the food storage project

Ensure accountability for missed deadlines
15 July 2023, 05:14 AM

Government should rethink its spending priorities

Increased expenditure on low-priority projects will further fuel inflation
20 June 2023, 11:30 AM

A super specialised hospital that serves no one

BSMMU must ensure its new unit is ready to serve the public without any further delay
10 June 2023, 02:00 AM

WB is right to flag up project delays in Bangladesh

Project delay has been a persistent problem, but it is not an irreversible one
11 May 2023, 22:15 PM

WB concerned about project delays

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.
11 May 2023, 01:00 AM

Chattogram deserves better from its city corporation

A street lighting project that has been in limbo for years shows how ill-prepared CCC is
21 December 2022, 12:14 PM

RHD must not delay crucial projects

It must explain why estimated cost of a project shot up even before its take-off
13 December 2022, 05:28 AM

Why is RHD hiring firms with poor records?

Important road development projects should not be in incompetent hands
9 December 2022, 23:12 PM

Is Bangladesh Railway beyond hope?

Why are all of railway projects running behind schedule?
4 December 2022, 20:00 PM

Public projects must support our environmental agenda

Will the PM’s latest directive be followed by the relevant authorities?
23 November 2022, 10:39 AM

The public shouldn’t pay for govt ineptitude

Project delays a direct result of irresponsible governance
14 October 2022, 10:21 AM

Why do railway projects keep floundering?

Authorities should critically examine and fix systemic problems
29 August 2022, 12:27 PM

Foreign trips are no gifts to be doled out to state officials

The government must stop this farcical exercise
28 August 2022, 12:34 PM

Public Money: Easy Come, Easy Go

Wastefully expensive government projects are hurting the people
13 August 2022, 12:40 PM