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Bangladesh WD17 Fish Landing Stations and Markets

Artisanal fishing vessel at sea in Bangladesh, illustrating coastal fisheries and fish landing stations under World Bank project P161568

World Bank / Tapash Paul; Bangladesh coastal-fisheries context for P161568, not a WD 17 construction-progress image

Bangladesh's Department of Fisheries awarded package WD 17 for upgrading and modernizing ten existing fish landing stations and fish markets to Starlite Services Ltd. and Monalisa Construction Ltd. World Bank completion reporting later confirms that only five sites proceeded: three fish landing stations and two fish markets were completed, while five other sites could not start because private, multi-owner land-tenure disputes were not resolved.

Project signal

Completed in Bangladesh

Current status World Bank completion reporting confirms three fish landing stations and two fish markets completed by project close on 28 November 2025; five other sites in the original 10-site package could not start because of land-tenure disputes Source confidence Confirmed

Location

Bangladesh / Asia Pacific

Segment

Port infrastructure

Status

World Bank completion reporting confirms three fish landing stations and two fish markets completed by project close on 28 November 2025; five other sites in the original 10-site package could not start because of land-tenure disputes / Confirmed

Last checked

3 August 2026

Coverage

Related sectors

Port infrastructure is the primary work classification. Related sectors connect this record to adjacent marine delivery and market coverage.

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Project anatomy

Contract scope and delivery roles

Client / authority
Bangladesh Department of Fisheries through the Sustainable Coastal and Marine Fisheries Project, World Bank project P161568
Delivery parties
Starlite Services Ltd. - named WD 17 supplier; public sources do not disclose its site or value allocation, Monalisa Construction Ltd. - named WD 17 supplier; public sources do not disclose its site or value allocation
Contract route
The Department of Fisheries used a World Bank-financed Request for Bids subject to post review. The World Bank awards dataset records contract 1779686, reference WD 17, signed on 10 January 2024 with Starlite Services Ltd. and Monalisa Construction Ltd. as suppliers. Earlier procurement plans show canceled 13-site and 10-site versions before the rebid entered implementation; the award record does not publish a joint-venture share, site split or subcontract chain.
Execution window
WD 17 was signed on 10 January 2024 and initially carried a 24 February 2025 completion date. A May 2025 mission recorded approximately 65% progress at three fish landing stations and 75% at two fish markets, reduced the target from ten sites to five because the other five could not secure clear land tenure, and forecast August 2025 completion. The controlling World Bank completion report records the project closing on 28 November 2025 and confirms all five revised outputs complete.
Works package
Upgrade and modernize existing coastal fish landing and market infrastructure under WD 17. The wider project linked the completed facilities to hygienic handling, sanitation and post-harvest services, including crates and insulated boxes. Official baseline studies identify recurring needs for safe loading and unloading, sheds, access, drainage, water, power, waste systems, ice and cold-chain connections, with ramps, jetties, dredging or erosion protection needed at some candidate centres; those baseline needs are not evidence that every element was delivered under the five completed WD 17 assets.
Marine interfaces
The package sits at the vessel-to-market interface, where landing access, tidal exposure, erosion, drainage, sanitation and cold-chain readiness determine whether civil assets can support safe fisheries operations. Public completion reporting confirms three landing stations and two markets, but does not identify their locations or disclose completed ramps, jetty dimensions, dredging, shoreline protection, utilities, installed quantities or accepted operating performance.
Commercial evidence boundary
USD 6,313,250.56 is the World Bank award dataset's supplier commitment for WD 17. An earlier World Bank mission report separately records a BDT 692,879,249.21 contract value. These are source-specific commercial records, not a currency conversion, paid expenditure or final account. No public record allocates either figure between Starlite Services and Monalisa Construction or the five completed assets.

Project timeline

Material developments

Dated events that changed scope, counterparties, delivery, commissioning or operating status.

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World Bank completion report confirms five completed assets

The final report records three fish landing stations and two fish markets completed by the closed operation, replacing the original ten-site title with the achieved output.

Source

Target reduced from ten sites to five

World Bank mission reporting recorded three landing stations near 65% and two markets near 75%, while five sites could not start because private, multi-owner land-tenure disputes remained unresolved.

Source

WD 17 contract signed with two named suppliers

World Bank award data names Starlite Services Ltd. and Monalisa Construction Ltd. under the ten-site package without publishing their shares, site split or subcontractors.

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Evidence gap

What remains unverified

Outstanding evidence

  • Identity and coordinates of the five completed assets
  • Starlite Services and Monalisa Construction site and value split
  • Jetty, ramp, access, drainage and shoreline subcontractors
  • Ice, cold-chain, water, power and wastewater suppliers
  • Site-level completion, acceptance and handover certificates
  • Final account and post-close operating performance

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Reporting status

Completed, confirmed confidence

Last checked 3 August 2026 across 8 cited sources. The dated timeline above carries the project events.

Last checked 3 August 2026 Cited sources 8

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