The cabinet has approved a proposal to move the Secretariat from Abdul Gani Road in Dhaka to Sher-e-Bangla Nagar.
The decision was taken on Sunday at a cabinet meeting at the Secretariat chaired by Prime Minister Tareque Rahman.
Speaking at a press conference at the Department of Information after the meeting, Cabinet Secretary Nasimul Gani said 14 12-storey buildings would be built on 31.51 acres at Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, with about 3.2 million square feet of floor space. “We hope offices can operate there by 2029,” he said.
A decision in principle to move the Secretariat to Sher-e-Bangla Nagar was taken on 7 October at a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Tareque Rahman.
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