The New Nation - Internet Edition

Staff Reporter

At last "Jamuna Future Park (JFP)" has obtained the approval of Rajdhani Unnaya Kartipakkha (RAJUK) after six years of legal battle.

The park, the biggest shopping-cum-entertainment complex of its kind in Asia will be set up on 33 acres of land at Baridhara in the capital at a cost of about Tk 3,000 crore, said Md Nurul Islam, JFP chairman, at a press conference at the Jamuna Future Park premises yesterday.

He expects a yearly turnover of TK 40,000 from this complex. The Shopping Mall Building will cover an area of 10 acres, and it will be able to withstand earthquake of 8 Richter scale, he added

The complex is expected to be inaugurated by the middle of 2010.

Work on the construction of the complex is progressing fast. The complex management will start renting shops at the mall to foreign and local companies from next month, said Nurul Islam, who is also chairman of Jamuna Group, a reputed industrial conglomerate in the country.

Nurul told journalists that besides shopping, the classy complex will include facilities for games, amusement, entertainment, dining, medical service and swimming. It will stand as a symbol of national pride, he noted.