13,920 flats to be built under Jhilmil project

Staff Correspondent: A total of 13,920 apartments will be built in Jhilmil residential area financed by Malaysia. 

Rajdhani Unnayan Kartipakkha (RAJUK) and Malaysian BNG Global Holdings SDN BHD and Consortium signed an agreement in this regard on Thursday.

RAJUK Chairman Abdur Rahman and Chief Executive Professor of Malaysian company Sharifa Sabrina signed the agreement on behalf of their respective organizations at a hotel in the capital.

Under the agreement, the construction of these flats will be completed within the next four years and the Malaysian company will finance the construction. Under the Public Private Partnership (PPP), this will be one of the largest projects in Asia.

Housing and Public Works Minister Engineer Mosharraf Hossain was present as the chief guest while Planning Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal and State Minister for Power and Mineral Resources Nasrul Hamid were present as special guests at the signing ceremony.



risingbd/Dhaka/Nov 16, 2017/Hasan/Nasim