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Fig. 03: Accurately Tracking of Materials Challenge From the questionnaire survey in those five projects, we found that almost all projects have challenges in the tracking of materials accurately where the projects MUSCCFPP, GWTP, and DCRP have to face most challenges for lack of enough storage space and lack of proper inventory management. d) Availability of Materials Availability of materials in the construction project is not so easy, especially a project which is dependent on maximumly foreign materials. Due to the late of estimating materials, scope changes, lack of effective materials requirement schedule, facing unknown materials requirement, urgent demand for goods, funding problems, etc. make the problems of availability of materials. However, the global environ- ment affects the availability of materials. Especially in this decade, the COVID -19 pandemic affected supply chains globally and widely. National lockdowns in different countries, entry restricted to the border, stopping the activities of shipping agencies, clearing & forwarding agencies, and due to the government customs office being closed, on-time delivery of goods was uncertain in all construction projects. Now I will give statistics on how COVID -19 affects imports in Bangladesh. Fig. 04: The flow of import Growth Rate in Bangladesh (Source: Foreign Trade of Statistics of Bangladesh 2019-20 & 2020-21) Year Total import (Million the US $) Growth Rate (%) 2015-16 49,436.00 5.41 2016-17 59,561.00 21.79 2017-18 67,133.00 16.96 2018-19 68,103.00 3.83 2019-20 64,186.00 -4.91 2020-21 78,211.00 21.89 90,000.00 80,000.00 70,000.00 60,000.00 50,000.00 40,000.00 30 000 00 Total import (Million US $) Growth Rate(%) Tracking of Materials Accurately 90% 80% 70% 60% 50% 40% 30% Strongly Agree(%) Strongly Disagree(%) Agree(%) Disagree(%) RNPP DMR GWTP MUSCCFPP DCRP Inventory Management Practices and Challenges in Mega Construction Projects in Bangladesh Global Journal of Management and Business Research ( F ) XXIII Issue III Version I Year 2023 26 © 2023 Global Journals