UNB, Dhaka

The Advisers’ Committee on Economic Affairs Monday gave a nod to the proposed Dhaka City Underground Railway project for enlisting it with the PICOM for considering it as per Bangladesh Private Sector Infrastructure Guideline.
Private Infrastructure Committee (PICOM) is a highest policymaking body of the government to deal with the private sector-sponsored infrastructure projects which are planned to be implemented on Build-Own-Operate (BOO) or Build-Own-Transfer (BOT) basis.
A Thai private firm moved an unsolicited offer to the government to construct a 52-km underground subway across the capital city at a cost of Tk 6,000 crore. [Read more]