Kushtia Medical College Hospital incomplete after 9 years

The three-year project to build Kushtia Medical College Hospital has remained incomplete after nine years. Only 60 percent of the project has been completed while its cost has increased by Tk 407 crore.

Why is the construction of Kushtia Medical College Hospital being delayed? Who is set to benefit from the extension of the project deadline and the budget spike?

In today's Straight from Star Newsroom, Naziba Basher is joined by The Daily Star's reporter Tuhin Shubhra Adhikary to discuss the slow progress of the Kushtia Medical College Hospital project.