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

Thoughts

Revision of Public Procurement Rules underway: BPPA CEO

Health

Govt outlines Tk16,738cr health, nutrition programme for five years

Governments often rely on foreign loans. Russia’s loans covered 90% of the Rooppur Nuclear Power plant project's cost. Photo: Collected

Energy

Loan tenure for Rooppur plant extended

Infrastructure

Govt to set six conditions to prevent delays, waste in foreign-funded projects

Transport

Costly delays and doubts: Dhaka's BRT project spirals further with 55% cost jump

Corruption

Another corruption in AL regime: Souvenirs, campaigns, training eat up half of Tk44cr noise pollution project funds

Bangladesh

Govt’s Tk38 crore skills training scheme delivers limited employment gains

Economy

Japanese loan rate hits record 2%, still remains cheaper than others

Economy

$4b Chinese loan deals face delay as Dhaka, Beijing struggle to agree terms

Economy

$3.6b budget support expected by month-end

Bangladesh

Bangladesh looks at higher rates on some WB loans from July

Energy

220MW solar power plant planned in Feni

Chief Adviser of the interim government Prof Muhammad Yunus addresses the members of the National Defence Course and Armed Forces War Course of the National Defence College during an event at his office in Tejgaon, Dhaka on Sunday, 3 November, 2024. Photo: PID

Economy