Finance Minister AMA Muhith will hold an inter-ministerial meeting at the finance ministry on Sunday next to discuss about the construction of a proposed international convention centre on 50 bighas of land near Dhaka-Mawa or Dhaka-Dohar roadside.
The project will be implemented at a cost of US$300m or Tk2,400 crore with the financial and technical assistance from the Chinese government.
The finance division has sent its plan to 10 ministries concerned last week, asking the relevant secretaries to give their opinions on the planned project during the meeting, said an official of finance division.
As per the proposed infrastructure plan, the centre will house a large gallery with seating capacity of 5,000 spectators, two medium sized galleries, having 500 seats each, 10 seminar rooms, having seating capacity of 200 people each and several offices for the government. The centre will also have a parking lot for 500 cars.
The proposed convention centre, which will have an exclusive office for the Prime Minister and offices for some cabinet members, will be built by the next three years.
According to the draft plan, the estimated project cost worth Tk2,400 crore would be out sourcing from the public and private sectors.
A flyover will also be constructed from zero point of Dhaka to the proposed site of the international convention center.
The government has already undertaken a plan to construct a fly over initially from airport to Kamalapur Railway Station, which will be extended further up to Chittagong later on.
The proposal also noted that Chinese government has the expertise to build such a state-of-the-art convention centre.