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

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

Pakistan proposes use of Karachi Port for Bangladesh-China trade

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

Energy

Rooppur not ready to generate power in Dec: IMED

Bangladesh

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

Economy

UN to assess Bangladesh's LDC graduation readiness independently

Economy

Project procurement, execution delays leave nearly half of ADB's funds unspent

Economy

Soft loans drying up even before LDC exit – 43% of foreign borrowing now market-based

Economy

Bangladesh risks losing billions as World Bank-funded projects stall

A child concentrates on drawing during a class at the National Academy for Autism and Neuro‑Developmental Disabilities (NAAND), capturing a moment of creativity at Bangladesh’s only government‑run secondary school for special needs children, now facing closure. Photo: Courtesy

Bangladesh

Will the only govt-run secondary school for special-needs children vanish?

Economy

Govt to take $1.47b in non-concessional loans for 7 projects

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

Bangladesh

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

The headquarters of Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) is seen under construction in Beijing, China May 5, 2019/ Reuters

Economy

Bangladesh turns to AIIB for $1.5b budget support amid fiscal strain

Representational image. Photo: Collected

Economy