Tk 16,919cr megaproject shows only 15% progress in 5 years
At least 22 government primary schools in six districts will be affected due to the expansion of the Dhaka-Sylhet Highway, a project implemented by Roads and Highways Department (RHD).
Dhaka-Sylhet expansion work plagued by land acquisition issues
The expansion work of the Dhaka-Sylhet highway has been severely hampered due to long delays in land acquisition and the moving of utility lines.
Physical works of two mega infrastructure projects involving around Tk 70,000 crore will get underway this week, setting off a flurry of activities for the next several years.
Important road development projects should not be in incompetent hands
Physical work to expand the Dhaka-Sylhet Highway is going to start finally, around seven years after a feasibility study was done to take up a project to improve connectivity between the capital and the southeast region, and beyond.
Establish accountability to tackle habitual time-cost overruns in government projects
The impasse over financing of the expansion of 214-kilometre Dhaka-Sylhet Highway into four lanes is likely to end soon, as Asian Develop-ment Bank has given “consent” to fund the project, officials said.
Physical work to expand the Dhaka-Sylhet Highway is going to start finally, around seven years after a feasibility study was done to take up a project to improve connectivity between the capital and the southeast region, and beyond.
Establish accountability to tackle habitual time-cost overruns in government projects
The impasse over financing of the expansion of 214-kilometre Dhaka-Sylhet Highway into four lanes is likely to end soon, as Asian Develop-ment Bank has given “consent” to fund the project, officials said.
Three persons are killed and eight others are injured in a road accident involving a pick-up van and a human haulier in Rupganj upazila of Narayanganj.
Four bullet-hit bodies were found in Narayanganj while two decomposed bodies were recovered from a field in the capital's Uttara area yesterday.
Four people were killed and 10 others injured in a collision between a bus and a truck on the Dhaka-Sylhet highway in Shatmail area in Dakshin Surma upazila of Sylhet yesterday morning at around 7:00am.
Nine people are killed and four others injured in separate road accidents in Madhabdi and Shibpur upazilas.
Two people are killed and five others injured in a road accident on Dhaka-Sylhet highway in Shibpur upazila of Narsingdi.
At least three day labourers are killed and another one critically injured as a goods-laden truck ran over them on Dhaka-Sylhet highway at Nabiganj upazila in Habiganj.
Industrialist Kazi Tajul Islam Farooq, 60, is killed when a truck hit him on the Dhaka-Sylhet Highway in Habiganj Sadar upazila.
