The total additional expenditure will amount to Tk765 crore 65 lakh 22 thousand 25.
TBS Report
14 October, 2026, 12:30 pm
Last modified: 14 October, 2026, 12:35 pm
The government has approved variation proposals worth Tk765.65 crore for the main construction work and consultancy services under the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport Expansion (Phase 1) project, in its third revised form.
The Cabinet Committee on Government Purchase approved and recommended the two proposals submitted by the Ministry of Civil Aviation and Tourism at a meeting yesterday (13 October), according to a press release from the Cabinet Division.
The total additional expenditure will amount to Tk765 crore 65 lakh 22 thousand 25.
Variation in main construction contract
According to the documents, the original contract value for the main construction work was Tk20,598 crore 64 lakh 84 thousand 699.
The committee approved a variation of Tk360 crore 65 lakh 22 thousand 25, raising the revised contract value to Tk20,959 crore 30 lakh 6 thousand 724. This represents a 1.75% increase over the original contract value.
The recommended contractor for the work is Aviation Dhaka Consortium (ADC), a joint venture comprising Japan's Mitsubishi Corporation and Fujita Corporation, and South Korea's Samsung C&T.
Variation in consultancy services contract
The original contract value for consultancy services under the project was Tk771 crore 71 lakh 97 thousand 457.
The committee approved a variation of Tk405 crore, bringing the revised contract value to Tk1,176 crore 71 lakh 97 thousand 457. This represents a 52.8% increase over the original contract value.
The recommended consultant is NOCD JV, a joint venture comprising Japan's Nippon Koei Co Ltd and Oriental Consultants Global Co Ltd, Singapore's CPG Consultants Pte Ltd, and Bangladesh's Development Design Consultants Ltd.