"It's upsetting that the construction of the gas distribution line network has not started though it was scheduled to finish by 2023. The delay may hamper the prime minister's plan to bring about equal development across the country," said Mostofa Sohrab Chowdhury Titu, president of the Rangpur Chamber of Commerce and Industries.
Both the ruling Awami League and the opposition BNP are out to get one religion-based party as an electoral ally, a gain which may help boost the vote bank ahead of the next general polls.
Mega infrastructure projects: The expansion work of Dhaka-Sylhet highway under a Tk 16,918.59 crore project will start on February 1 and the work for the country's first-ever underground metro rail line under a Tk 52,561.43 core scheme will begin the following day.