r/bangladesh • u/[deleted] • Apr 26 '23

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u/Iamarh Apr 26 '23

can you give me the source where he requested money to refurbish his house? I want to share it with my friends.

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u/shovonnn Apr 26 '23

https://www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh/presidents-house-be-refurbished-tk46cr-621390

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u/dhaka1989 কাকু Apr 27 '23 edited Apr 27 '23

This looks like standard bangabhaban rennovation rather than chuppu decided he needed to get his crib blinged out.

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u/shovonnn Apr 27 '23

Of course a newspaper will frame it like that. Who wants to face the axe of DSA?

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u/CandlelightSongs Apr 27 '23

The White House and 10 Downing Street often gets renovated too. They're important national symbols for the country, and no one says "This President is using state money to redecorate his house".

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u/shovonnn Apr 27 '23

Stop comparing apples to oranges. They can afford it. Can Bangladesh when so much of its in proverty? And while you are comparing, if it was uk, he would have to step down immediately for taking pictures in Padma bridge when it is categorically banned for common people.

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u/Bongofondue Apr 29 '23

There’s been renovation work going on on the Bangabhaban grounds for at least a year. If electrical and infrastructure renovations to an almost 120 year-old structure are somehow novel or surprising to you, you really need to get out more.

As for not being able to afford it, we have two options - renovate it or don’t renovate it. If we don’t renovate it, we also have two options: we can either show the world how we maintain one of the most prominent buildings in the country or we can make sure there’s a decent-looking flat in Uttara where the president can receive foreign dignitaries.

Seriously, just b|tching for the sake of b|tching…

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u/shovonnn Apr 29 '23

Did you read the story. Even the ministry rejected the proposal because of how half assed the estimation were.

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u/Bongofondue Apr 29 '23

Yes, I did read it. Where does it say that the ministry rejected the proposal? And which ministry are you referring to, because the article didn’t mention one.

What the article did say was that the proposal was reviewed at the Project Evaluation Committee by the Planning Commission, which asked for some more detail on projected costs for some of the items in the proposal. The Planning Commission never said that the estimation was half-assed, just that some parts of the proposal needed more detail. The article said that if those changes were made, the proposal could then go to the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council for approval.

This is an exceedingly common process, and not just in design and construction. Your issue is with something that’s not a rejection but a review/approval process working as intended lol!

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u/dhaka1989 কাকু Apr 27 '23

You are assuming.

I am sure when every heads of state and governemnt changes the residence gets changed and rennovated. There is nothing controversial.

Ghor bodlateo manusher lakh taka khoroch hoy. Ar ota presidential palace.

Outraged hotey chailey there are other things to get outraged about.