The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare is set to spend Tk 36.36 billion to bolster the fight against tuberculosis (TB), HIV/AIDS and malaria over the next three fiscal years, with nearly one-third of the funding expected to come as foreign grants. Targeting zero malaria deaths and bringing 85 p

The government has advanced two major natural gas exploration and production projects worth Tk 11.22 billion, seeking to increase domestic gas supply, curb costly liquefied natural gas (LNG) imports and reinforce the country's long-term energy security. The projects -- one to expand production at

The Implementation Monitoring and Evaluation Division (IMED) has called for urgent coordination between the main Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant (RNPP) project and its four supporting projects, alongside faster procurement planning and the settlement of long-pending audit objections. The planning mini

The Road Transport and Highways Division (RTHD) has proposed a Tk 718.50-billion project to upgrade the existing Dhaka-Chattogram highway into a six-lane, access-controlled expressway with service lanes on both sides, aiming to strengthen the country's most important trade and transport corridor.

The government has drawn up a pipeline of 29 development projects, seeking financing from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) over the next two years as it looks to sustain infrastructure development, strengthen climate resilience, and support economic reforms. According to the official project pipel

Despite being physically completed, the Power Division has sought an additional one year for commissioning the 800MW Rupsha Combined Cycle Power Plant in Khulna, which has yet to enter commercial operation due to technical glitches. Alongside the proposed extension of the project deadline to Jun

A substantial Tk 5.41 trillion, equivalent to 57.64 per cent of the proposed FY27 budget, has been earmarked for poverty alleviation in the next fiscal year, according to finance ministry documents. The allocation represents a Tk 893.19 billion increase, marking a 19.79 per cent rise, from the rev

The Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) is set to spend Tk 49.64 billion on rehabilitating 5,180 kilometres of severely damaged, dilapidated, and non-motorable rural roads, along with 7,000 metres of damaged bridges and culverts, over the next four years. A Project Evaluation Committee