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Sikder Group - Building Bangladesh’s Future

Success is feeding through into Bangladesh’s infrastructure industry, which is expected to grow by an average of 8% a year between 2022 and 2027, according to Mordor Intelligence. The Infrastructure sector grew by 9.6% in 2019, on the eve of the outbreak of the covid-19 pandemic and subsequent global recession, and is rapidly regaining momentum. Infrastructure development and growing urbanisation are both contributing to this. For the fiscal year 2022, the government has allocated more than $26bn to its Annual Development Programme, with projects including nuclear and coal-fired power plants, the Padma Bridge – at 6.15km the country’s longest – and the expansion of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka and MRT Connection across the Capital. Construction is also an increasingly important contributor to the economy, accounting for 7.5% of GDP in the last fiscal year.

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