Serious allegations of corruption and large-scale financial irregularities have surfaced in the Jamuna Railway Bridge construction project, one of Bangladesh’s largest foreign-funded infrastructure ventures, casting a shadow over a project hailed as a milestone in national rail connectivity.

Audit reports and official documents from the Railways’ Audit Branch, the Foreign Aided Projects Audit Directorate (FAPAD) and the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) point to alleged irregularities involving more than Tk 3,000 crore. The findings raise questions over non-transparent expenditure, inflated pricing, weak internal controls and repeated deviations from government financial rules and contractual conditions. This foreign-funded railway bridge...