Two PWD engineers punished over Rooppur project irregularities

BSS
Published On: 05 Sep 2025, 15:59

DHAKA, Sept 5, 2025 (BSS) - The Ministry of Housing and Public Works has taken disciplinary action against two officials of the Public Works Department (PWD) over abnormal expenses in the Rooppur Green City project in Pabna.

Deputy Assistant Engineer Md. Shahin Uddin has been compulsorily retired while Deputy Assistant Engineer Md Alamgir Hossain has been demoted to a lower pay grade, following findings of the investigations by the ministry and PWD, a PID handout said today.

The probe, conducted over allegations of inflated costs in purchasing and installing furniture for the 16th and 20th floor buildings of the project in 2019, found both engineers guilty of misconduct under government service rules.

The aforesaid capital punishments were given in separate orders signed by Md. Nazrul Islam, Secretary of the Ministry of Housing and Public Works, on the order of the President, on September 4, 2025.

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