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

Economy

MRT Line-1 slashed 91%, Line-5 down 60% in Revised ADP

Economy

Sumitomo's majority stake in Japanese economic zone against national interest: ERD

Economy

Koica grants $96m to boost Bangladesh's future in advanced tech, AI, and sustainable development

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

Bangladesh

Rooppur nuclear plant project cost to rise by Tk26,181cr after exchange rate adjustment

Bangladesh

Two Jica project proposals under scrutiny for not being aligned to development priorities

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. File photo: Md Tajul Islam

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