All project tenders to go online to curb mafia influence: Wahiduddin

In a major move to enhance transparency and root out corruption, Planning Adviser Wahiduddin Mahmud announced that all government project tenders will henceforth be conducted online. The new system aims to eliminate irregularities and opacity in public procurement, with the relevant law set to be gazetted next week. Speaking at a press briefing following the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) meeting at the NEC conference room in Agargaon, Wahiduddin declared that the digital tendering process will dismantle the entrenched dominance of “mafia organisations” across key sectors including railways and energy. “From now on, tenders will be awarded solely on the basis of qualifications not influence or connections,” Wahiduddin stated. “Any organisation with a history of loan defaults...