Eid-ul-Azha, the second largest religious festival of the Muslims, will be celebrated across the country on July 10 (Sunday), as the crescent moon of the Arabic month of Zilhaj of 1443 Hijri was sighted in the sky of Bangladesh today, Thursday, June 30, 2022. The National Moon Sighting Committee came up with the decision this […]Continue Reading
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NEWS DESK The government has banned the plying of motorcycles on the Padma Bridge until further notice. The ban imposed by the Bridge Division under the Ministry of Road, Transport and Bridges, will be effective from 6am Monday, June 27, 2022. The Press Information Department issued a notification in this regard on Sunday night, June […]Continue Reading
NEWS DESK Two young motorcyclists who were critically injured in an accident on the Padma Bridge on its very first day have died, according to police. The deceased were identified as Md Alamgir, 24, and Fazlu, 25, by Bacchu Mia, in-charge of Dhaka Medical College Hospital Police Outpost. The first known accident on the Padma […]Continue Reading
NEWS DESK Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today called the Padma Bridge as a “symbol of pride, honour and ability” of Bangladesh as the much-hyped bridge now stands on the mighty Padma river confronting all the conspiracies. “Ignoring many obstacles and breaking the web of conspiracy, today the much-desired bridge stands on the chest of turbulent […]Continue Reading
NEWS DESK Bangladesh today witnessed its dream coming true as Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina opened its longest bridge, overcoming three pronged challenges – financial, engineering and political. Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the bridge on one of world’s mightiest rivers connecting southwestern Bangladesh with the capital and other parts while both the streams are Continue Reading
NEWS DESK World Bank vice-president Junaid Kamal Ahmed has called construction of the Padma Bridge with domestic financing a “matter of glory” for Bangladesh, over a decade after the lending agency cancelled its promised funding for the project, smelling corruption, which eventually appeared unfounded. “The construction of Padma Bridge is a matter of glory for […]Continue Reading
NEWS DESK Nearly 22 years ago, on July 4, 2001, Sheikh Hasina had laid the foundation layer of the country’s biggest ever structure, the Padma Bridge, while the nation counts hours when she would open it on June 25, 2022. The structures foundation stone as well as the inauguration tablet are to carry her name […]Continue Reading
NEWS DESK Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will open the much-anticipated 6.15 kilometer Padma Bridge for vehicular movement today. June 25, 2022, bringing a massive progress in road connectivity of 21 south and southwestern districts with capital Dhaka and other major cities. Marking the grand opening of the bridge, a festive mood is prevailing in the […]Continue Reading
NEWS DESK The weaving products made by woman-weaver in ‘Rakhine Indigenous Communities’ in Barguna district will be flourished across the country rapidly following the opening of the long-cherished Padma Bridge. Woman weavers in Rakhine Community have expressed their optimism that the economic activities of their self-made products including sheets, shirt Continue Reading
NEWS DESK The much-awaited Padma Bridge, which is set to be inaugurated on June 25 next, will open up a new horizon for tourism and housing sectors in Shariatpur apart from growing trade and business. Riazul Islam Madbar, a rod-cement trader in Shariatpur sadar upazila, said the construction works of the concrete structures have already […]Continue Reading