Bangladesh Railway (BR) is planning its first ever five-star hotel, to be built in Chittagong.
It is the first time a government department is being allowed to build such a facility.
BR has issued a notice inviting prospective partners for the public-private partnership (PPP) project.
AFM Masudur Rahman, director (engineering) of BR said: “The Railway has 4.14 acres of land on the Zakir Hossain Road in Chittagong town which is currently unused.”
The proposed five-star hotel will be a 10-storey building with space for commercial use. BR plans to build commercial complexes elsewehere in Chittagong and in Khulna and Comilla.