Projects tracked
10
Source: BDPolicyLab GovTwin mega-project register
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GovTwin · Mega-projects
Source: Implementing agencies, IMED, and financing partners
Projects tracked
10
Source: BDPolicyLab GovTwin mega-project register
Completed
4 of 10 with a published status
Source: Source-provided project status
Combined sourced cost
Tk 317,282 cr
9 of 10 projects publish a clean cost.
Source: Sum of projects with a verified cost
Road-rail bridge opened to traffic 25 June 2022; project formally closed June 2023. Revised total project cost reported as Tk 32,605 crore after the 4th cost rise; some reports note actual spend near Tk 31,000 crore. Entirely financed from domestic resources after the World Bank cancelled its $1.2bn credit over corruption allegations in 2012.
~170 km Dhaka-Bhanga-Jashore line built by China Railway Group (CREC), funded by Exim Bank of China. Dhaka-Bhanga section opened Nov 2023; entire line officially opened 24 Dec 2024. Cost: original estimate revised; reported figures include first revised Tk 39,246 cr and a later proposed second-revised reduction to ~Tk 38,624 cr. cost_cr left at the first revised Tk 39,246 cr as the confirmed approved revised cost; the lower figure was a proposed reduction.
Uttara North-Agargaon section opened 29 Dec 2022; Agargaon-Motijheel opened 5 Nov 2023; main line operational. Revised total project cost Tk 33,471.99 crore (rounded to 33,472) after a 52.24% increase approved by ECNEC in July 2022. Remaining 1.16 km Motijheel-Kamalapur extension targeted for Dec 2025; overall progress reported ~84.22% as of late 2024, hence partially operational.
Two VVER-1200 reactors (2x1200 MW). Total cost ~$12.65bn (Tk 1,13,092 cr), 90% Russian loan at LIBOR+1.75% capped 4%, 28-yr repayment, 10-yr grace. First fuel delivered Oct 2023; Unit-1 fresh fuel loading started 28 April with 163 assemblies. Unit-1 commissioning expected 2026. Overall single physical-progress percentage not reported by a primary source as a clean figure, so left null rather than guessing.
2x600 MW ultra-supercritical coal plant: Unit 1 trial/operation began 2024 (commercial Jan 2024) and Unit 2 mid-2024, both 1,200 MW units operating by Dec 2024 (intermittent coal-supply stoppages). Power-plant revised cost Tk 51,854.88 cr (rounded 51,855) vs original Tk 35,984.46 cr, with ~98% of the increase tied to deep-sea-port facilities. Deep Sea Port (separate Tk 24,381 cr project, up from Tk 17,777 cr) still under construction, target pushed to Dec 2029. Combined item therefore partially operational. Single combined physical-progress % not reported by a primary source, left null.
Port operational since 2016 and handles commercial vessels (channel open to ~10.5 m draught); cost_cr is the first multipurpose terminal project (Tk 5,228 cr), whose deadline is extended to Dec 2026. Separate Rabnabad channel capital dredging by Jan De Nul (Belgium) cost ~Tk 6,500 cr. Deep-sea port plan shelved; developed as a regular seaport.
Inaugurated 28 Oct 2023, opened to traffic 29 Oct 2023. 3.32 km main tunnel under the Karnaphuli. Operating at far below projected traffic (~3,900 vehicles/day vs 17,000 projected); daily expenses exceed toll income.
Construction inaugurated 12 Nov 2022; ~24 km. Financier is China Exim Bank, NOT JICA. Physical progress reported ~68% by IMED with revised deadline June 2026; project cost escalated repeatedly.
Total project cost Tk 13,857 cr; main construction cost ~Tk 8,940 cr. PPP investors: Italian-Thai Development (51%, exited after 2024 legal dispute), China Shandong Int'l (CSI, 34%), Sinohydro (15%). 11.5 km Airport-Farmgate segment opened 3 Sep 2023; full 19.73 km corridor target Dec 2026. Construction halted ~10 months in 2024.
1,320 MW (2x660 MW) coal plant. Unit 1 commercial operation 23 Dec 2022; Unit 2 test-synchronized 28 Jun 2023, both units operational. Capital investment ~USD 1.6 billion; debt-equity 80:20. cost_cr left null because sources give USD figures and a BDT-crore total was not reliably verified (BDT/USD conversion would be a derived estimate).
Source: Implementing agencies, IMED, financing partners, and per-project source notes
Sources are recorded per project: implementing agencies, the Implementation Monitoring and Evaluation Division (IMED), the financing partners (JICA, the Exim Banks of China and India, Russia/Rosatom, the World Bank), and primary news reporting. Where a clean cost or physical-progress figure is not published by a primary source, the field reads n/a rather than a derived estimate. Combined sourced cost covers only the 9 projects with a verified Tk-crore total.