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An idle luxury: Built at a cost of Tk450 crore, this rest house near Parki Beach in Anwara upazila has stood unused for six months. Perched on the southern bank of the Karnaphuli, the facility now awaits a private lease as the Bridge Division seeks to put it to use. Photo: Md Minhaz Uddin

Infrastructure

Karnaphuli Tunnel’s service area holds tourism promises, but tall order ahead

Site requires further development, redesign for tourism success, industry insiders say

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Infrastructure

How Dhaka’s waste transfer stations became a source of stench, pollution

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Infrastructure

Chattogram sets Tk2,200cr flyover plan to unclog Oxygen intersection

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Infrastructure

Click, wait, repeat: Digital land services struggle to deliver promised ease

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Infrastructure

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

A segment of the Jashore-Khulna Highway reveals its perilous state, worsened by recent rains. The road is now riddled with numerous potholes, creating significant hazards for both heavy vehicles and daily commuters. Photo: TBS

Infrastructure

Mud, potholes turn Jashore-Khulna highway into a traffic nightmare, businesses suffer

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Infrastructure

Matarbari power plant eyes G2G coal deal with Indonesia after quality setbacks

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Transport

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

Locals and passengers plant paddy seedlings in rain-filled potholes on the Faridpur-Bhanga highway on Friday. Photo: TBS

Bangladesh

Locals protest by planting paddy seedlings in potholes on Faridpur-Bhanga highway

Photo shows vehicles on the Dhaka-Sylhet highway amid ongoing development works and unrepaired road on Friday. Photo: TBS

Bangladesh

Roadwork delays trigger 25km tailback on Dhaka-Sylhet highway

Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus presides over a meeting of Council of Advisors at Chief Adviser's Office in Tejgaon, Dhaka on Thursday. Photo: CA Press Wing

Bangladesh

Flood response: Advisers discuss permanent dam for Feni, drainage overhaul in Noakhali

Rehab and Wasa officials during a meeting on 21 June 2025. Photo: Courtesy

Infrastructure

REHAB meets with Wasa MD to address harassment over water bills for under-construction buildings

Despite its high-tech promise, the Chattogram Development Authority’s seven-storey automated car park in New Market has stood idle since its 2017 inauguration. Built at a cost of Tk4 crore with support from Japan, Germany, and China, the tray-based system—designed to hold 29 vehicles—was meant to alleviate traffic congestion but remains an underutilised asset. Photo: Md Minhaz Uddin

Infrastructure

Eight years on: Ctg’s first multilevel, automated car park sits unused