Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday launched the construction of the country’s first-ever underground metro rail, hailing it as another milestone in Bangladesh’s journey towards progress under her leadership.
The country's first underground metro rail will be running at a depth of 10 to 30 metres below the ground along most of the 19.87-kilometre route from Dhaka Airport to Kamalapur. However, the depth would be as deep as 70 metres in Malibagh and Rajarbagh areas.
Mega infrastructure projects: The expansion work of Dhaka-Sylhet highway under a Tk 16,918.59 crore project will start on February 1 and the work for the country's first-ever underground metro rail line under a Tk 52,561.43 core scheme will begin the following day.
Pitalganj, next to the Shitalakkhya and located around 1.5km south of Kanchan Bridge in Narayanganj’s Rupganj upazila, is like any other village across the country.
A Dhaka court has fixed January 25, 2023, to decide whether to accept the charges against nine people, including five former members of the board of trustees of North South University, for laundering around Tk 304 crore.