Padma Multipurpose Bridge
transport/bridgecompleted · 100%
- Cost
- Tk 32,605 cr
- Timeline
- 2009–2022
- Implementing agency
- Bangladesh Bridge Authority (BBA)
- Financier
- self-financed (Government of Bangladesh; World Bank withdrew its $1.2bn package in 2012)
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.
Padma Bridge Rail Link
transport/railcompleted · 100%
- Cost
- Tk 39,246 cr
- Timeline
- 2016–2024
- Implementing agency
- Bangladesh Railway (Padma Bridge Rail Link Project)
- Financier
- China (Exim Bank of China loan ~$2.66bn / Tk 21,036 cr) + Government of Bangladesh (Tk 18,210 cr)
~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.
Dhaka Mass Rapid Transit (Metro Rail MRT Line-6)
transport/railpartially operational · 84%
- Cost
- Tk 33,472 cr
- Timeline
- 2016–2025
- Implementing agency
- Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited (DMTCL)
- Financier
- JICA (~75%, ~$2.13bn) + Government of Bangladesh (~25%, ~$690m)
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.
Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant
energy/nuclearongoing- Cost
- Tk 113,092 cr
- Timeline
- 2017–2026
- Implementing agency
- Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission (BAEC); EPC contractor Rosatom/ASE
- Financier
- Russia (90% state loan, ~$11.38bn / Tk 91,040 cr) + Government of Bangladesh (~10%, Tk 22,053 cr)
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.
Matarbari Coal-Fired Power Plant and Deep Sea Port
energy & portpartially operational- Cost
- Tk 51,855 cr
- Timeline
- 2014–2029
- Implementing agency
- Coal Power Generation Company Bangladesh Ltd (CPGCBL) for power plant; Chittagong Port Authority for the port
- Financier
- JICA (Japanese ODA loans)
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.
Payra Sea Port
portpartially operational- Cost
- Tk 5,228 cr
- Timeline
- 2013–2026
- Implementing agency
- Payra Port Authority (PPA)
- Financier
- India (line of credit, Tk 4,946 cr) + Government of Bangladesh (Tk 273 cr)
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.
Karnaphuli River Tunnel (Bangabandhu Tunnel)
transport/tunnelcompleted · 100%
- Cost
- Tk 10,374 cr
- Timeline
- 2019–2023
- Implementing agency
- Bangladesh Bridge Authority (Govt of Bangladesh); contractor China Communications Construction Company (CCCC)
- Financier
- China (Exim Bank of China loan, Tk 5,913 cr / 20-yr at 2%) + Government of Bangladesh
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.
Dhaka-Ashulia Elevated Expressway
transport/expresswayongoing · 68%
- Cost
- Tk 17,553 cr
- Timeline
- 2022–2026
- Implementing agency
- Bangladesh Bridge Authority (BBA); contractor China National Machinery Import & Export Corporation (CMC)
- Financier
- China (Exim Bank of China loan, Tk 9,692 cr) + Government of Bangladesh (Tk 7,860 cr)
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.
Dhaka Elevated Expressway
transport/expresswaypartially operational- Cost
- Tk 13,857 cr
- Timeline
- 2011–2026
- Implementing agency
- Bangladesh Bridge Authority (BBA)
- Financier
- PPP: private investor consortium (~73% of main construction) + Government of Bangladesh (Viability Gap Funding ~27%)
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.
Maitree Super Thermal Power Project (Rampal)
energy/coalcompleted · 100%
- Cost
- n/a
- Timeline
- 2016–2023
- Implementing agency
- Bangladesh-India Friendship Power Company Ltd (BIFPCL), 50:50 JV of Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) and India's NTPC
- Financier
- India (Exim Bank of India, ~80% debt of ~USD 1.6 bn) + 20% equity split between BPDB and NTPC
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).
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.