[3] The site was developed through a turnkey project by China National Machinery Import and Export Corporation for Barapukuria Coal Mining Company Limited.
[7] In 2006, China National Machinery Import and Export Corporation and Hosaf Group attracted criticism over their management of the mine.
[13] Mostafizur Rahman Fizar, State Minister of the forests and environment, visited the site and told the locals that they will receive fair compensation for the damage due to the mine.
[13] The ambassador of China to Bangladesh, Zheng Qingdian, visited Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and expressed concerns about labor unrest at the mine on 5 May 2009.
[14] Following the meeting the government deployed 120 personnel of Bangladesh Army to prevent labor unrest and provided security to the mine and Chinese China National Machinery Import and Export Corporation officials.
[15] In November 2009, the Ministry of Finance allocated 3 billion taka for the rehabilitation of those whose homes were damaged due to the mine.
[18] On 27 March 2010, workers of the Chinese contractor of the mine went on strike demanding a raise and burned an effigy of Mostafizur Rahman Fizar.
[27] Barapukuria Coal Mining Company Limited filed a case with the Parbatipur Police Station regarding the missing coal against 19 including for managing director Habib Uddin Ahmed at the directive of Nasrul Hamid, State Minister of Power, Energy, and Mineral Resource.
[27][28][29] Habib Uddin Ahmed was removed from the post of managing director and made an officer on special duty.
[27] The former managing director of the company, Habib Uddin Ahmed, reported the day before the committee was formed that the missing coal was the result of system loss.
[34][28] In September 2019, a Petrobangla investigation reported that the missing coal was the result of system loss and accounted for 1.42 percent of total production.
[41] Bangladesh High Court allowed the trial proceedings to begin in the case on 8 February 2022 filed against former officials of the Barapukuria Coal Mining Company Limited with the Parbatipur Police Station.