The Bangladesh government would hold talks with Chinese officials tomorrow as part of its desperate efforts to give impetus to the mega projects held up by the coronavirus pandemic.

Bangladesh's development activities came to a grinding halt in late March after the government was compelled to enforce a strict countrywide shutdown to limit the spread of the deadly virus.

The move did not spare the major projects, many of them were already running behind schedule mainly due to uncertainty over funding, complexity over designs, planning and land acquisition.

The construction sector though was expected to get momentum after the government partially lifted the lockdown on 30 May although the pandemic is far from over.  

The two-and-a-half-month-long shutdown has seriously paralysed the implementation of the mega projects as foreign workers and engineers could not join their workplace because of the lockdowns in their home countries and the suspension of commercial flights.

https://www.thedailystar.net/business/news/all-hands-deck-get-china-funded-projects-back-track-1949929