The tussle between Titas Gas, the roads and highways department (RHD), and Rajuk over the construction of a pipeline from the Rupganj gas field has finally been resolved, paving the way for commencement of gas supply from the field to the national grid by mid-December. More than two-and-a-half years have passed since the Rupganj gas field in Narayanganj was discovered, but gas supply from the field to the national grid is yet to commence because of a bureaucratic bottleneck among the three state-owned entities. To complete the construction of the 6 km-long pipeline from the Rupganj gas field to the national grid, Titas Gas would need to build the line underneath a 140-feet wide road that would go through the Purbachal area, which is under Rajuk's…

The original blueprint of the Bangladesh Jatiya Sangsad complex plan by world-renowned architect Louis…