infrastructure

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Bangladesh

Internet becomes more affordable; Faiz Taiyeb outlines multi-level price reductions

According to him, leading infrastructure provider Fiber@Home has already confirmed price reductions at three key levels

Many government-funded infrastructure projects remain underutilised or fall into disrepair due to poor planning, lack of maintenance and insufficient manpower. Photo: TBS
Panorama

We are all about building infrastructure. But what about maintenance?

Infographic: TBS
Infrastructure

Dhaka-Ashulia Expressway 33% behind target, faces delays  

Photo: Collected
Bangladesh

SAD wants roads, infrastructure to be renamed after July uprising martyrs

Infograph: TBS
Bangladesh

Ctg Wasa's Tk2,797cr project to connect Kattali to central sewerage system

An aerial view of Dhaka Elevated Expressway. Photo: Olid Ebna Shah/TBS
Bangladesh

Key infrastructure projects pick up pace after spell of stagnation

[From upper left] File photos of Dhaka-Mawa Expressway, Padma Bridge Rail Link, Dohazari-Cox's Bazar Rail Line, and Karnaphuli Tunne;. Photos: TBS, Collected
Bangladesh

Why Dhaka-Mawa Expressway, Karnaphuli Tunnel fell short of grand promises

Illustration: TBS
Panorama

In pursuit of true accessibility: How infrastructure fails persons with disabilities in Bangladesh

ADB signs $100 million loan agreement with Bangladesh for infrastructure development
Economy

ADB signs $100 million loan agreement with Bangladesh for infrastructure development

City corporations gain more flexibility in spending ADP funds on infrastructure
Infrastructure

City corporations gain more flexibility in spending ADP funds on infrastructure

A 2005 photo of Rupnagar Canal in Mirpur shows the canal starting just after a white building on the left. In contrast, a recent photo from 2024 shows that the area beyond the building is now crowded with brick and tin-shed houses. Over the past 19 years, about 70% of the canal has been filled and encroached upon by various structures. Photo: Syed Zakir Hossain
Infrastructure

Plight of Dhaka's canals: Ravaged by encroachment, pollution, urbanisation

As railway lumbers with expired rolling stock, replacements may start next year
Bangladesh

As railway lumbers with expired rolling stock, replacements may start next year

Commuters use brick-filled sacks to navigate through filthy stagnant water inside the underpass at the Gabtoli bus stand. Once a vital pedestrian route serving thousands daily, the underpass has become a symbol of neglect and poor maintenance by the authorities concerned. The photo was taken recently. Photo: Md Jahidul Islam
Bangladesh

Gabtoli underpass: Once a good initiative, now a symbol of neglect and nuisance