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

Dhaka grants full tax break on Rooppur debt repayment to Russia’s Rosatom subsidiary

The development comes following a request from Russia for assurance that no taxes would be imposed on ASE or its nominated agent when repatriating the funds to Russia

A concept design illustrates the Shariatpur–Chandpur Bridge project. Planned as Bangladesh’s longest cable-stayed structure at 8.04 kilometres, the bridge is projected to cost Tk15,957 crore, with a 2,100-metre cable-stayed section. Photo: Collected

Shariatpur–Chandpur Bridge project gains momentum with foreign funding

Despite its status as a high-profile city artery, Hatirjheel's 8km circular road is riddled with potholes and non-functional streetlights, as shown by this struggling car and ambulance on Tuesday. The poor maintenance turns the road into a perilous, visibility-poor trap after dark and in the rain, demanding immediate repair. Photo: Md Jahidul Islam

Potholes and darkness turn Hatirjheel road into an accident trap

An excavator moves through piles of garbage on the Dhaka–Chattogram Highway in Sitakunda on Friday morning. With no proper landfill or clearance, dumped garbage creates odour and health risks, exposing failures in waste management. Photo: Mohammad Minhaj Uddin.

Ctg municipalities struggle without landfills as waste piles up, health risks grow

A general view of the Bangladesh Export Processing Zone Authority (Bepza) Economic Zone in Mirsarai of Chattogram. File Photo: TBS

Policy flaws widen gaps between Dhaka and other cities: Urban experts

Two excavators dig soil for the construction of a sewerage treatment plant by Chattogram Wasa on a piece of land in Halishahar. Photo: TBS

Govt forms committee with four advisers to identify, document public land for development projects

Illustration: TBS

3 LGED road and bridge projects: Tk343cr gone, no real work

Illustration: TBS

Taskforce for BBS overhaul, proposes name change, calls for transparency council

With the Chattogram City Corporation handing over waste collection to private firms, residents and businesses will now be charged for the service. The photo was taken at the city's waste depot in Halishahar Anand Bazar, Chattogram. Photo: Mohammad Minhaj Uddin

Ctg City contracts private firms for waste collection amid controversy

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Govt chooses concrete instead of bitumen for more durable, cheaper highways

Photo: Collected

Ctg Wasa plans to install 1 lakh smart meters amid implementation worries

Faiz Ahmad Tayeb. Photo: BSS

Taiyeb urges entrepreneurs to invest in Sylhet Hi-Tech Park

Cox’s Bazar airport. Photo: TBS

Cox’s Bazar airport going international without the airlines