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

Eastern Refinery Limited (ERL). Photo: Collected

Energy

Eastern Refinery now to refine crude oil from Europe and Africa too

Transport

BRTA plans 7 new vehicle inspection centres under Tk475cr project

Health

Non-communicable disease services to be taken to rural communities

Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant. Photo: Md Tajul Islam/TBS

Economy

Exchange rate adjustment pushes Rooppur plant cost up by Tk13,386cr

Bangladesh

MRT-6 cost trimmed by Tk754cr, deadline pushed to 2028

Energy

Now govt to self-finance Tk43,000cr Eastern Refinery 2 as foreign funding falls through

Bangladesh

WB-funded Tk3,172cr project to boost nationwide broadband, digital services

A member of the metro rail technical team works near the Farmgate metro rail station after the death of a pedestrian caused by a falling bearing pad on 26 October 2025. Photo: Md Jahidul Islam/TBS

Infrastructure

Past metro probe body prescribed what to do, but failed to detect main culprit: Experts

Onlookers and officials are pictured near the Farmgate metro rail station, following the death of a pedestrian caused by a falling bearing pad on 26 October 2025. Photo: Md Jahidul Islam/TBS

Bangladesh

Metro faults repeatedly noticed but not resolved

Representational image of Dhaka metro rail. Photo: Mumit M/TBS

Transport

Dhaka Metro costs 5 times India's: Jica review sought to cut millions

Health

170 new health centres planned to strengthen urban primary healthcare

Analysis

From power to ports: Interim govt revives the unsolicited deal playbook

Shipping containers are seen at the Karachi port in Karachi, Pakistan, 10 June 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro

Bangladesh