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

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

Pakistan proposes use of Karachi Port for Bangladesh-China trade

Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant. File photo: Md Tajul Islam

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