THE Roads and Highways Department鈥檚 finding that at least 712 bridges and culverts across the country are in urgent need of repairs is alarming. The figure, drawn from inspections in six of the department鈥檚 10 zones, paints a deplorable picture of the state of national infrastructure. An additional 1,319 structures are on the brink of degradation, pending maintenance, and at...
At least 712 bridges and culverts under the Roads and Highways Department are in need of immediate repair, according to a report shared by its officials on Monday.
Pubali Bank PLC and Bangladesh Bridge Authority has signed an agreement for collection of toll of Padma Bridge by using electronic toll collection system, in collaboration with the bank鈥檚 mobile banking app PI, said a press release...
The Bangladesh Bridge Authority on Wednesday signed separate contracts with the Pubali Bank PLC, Jamuna Bank PLC, Dutch-Bangla Bank PLC and Nagad to use Electronic Toll Collection system on the Padma Bridge...
The opening of the Jamuna Railway Bridge over the River Jamuna added more relief to the mostly hassle-free journey during the just ended Eid-ul-Fitr holiday, said Bangladesh Railway officials...
A total of Tk 33,852,900 was collected as toll from the Jamuna Bridge in the last 24 hours, up until Friday midnight.
The Jamuna railway bridge was inaugurated on Tuesday, marking the opening of a new window for railway communication.
Twenty-six per cent of women who take a career break do so for motherhood, according to BRAC, which analysed the profiles of 1,100 women under its Bridge Returnship Programme for women professionals...
The government has raised Tk 3,000 crore by issuing a socio-economic Sukuk to fund construction of bridges on rural roads...
The road transport and bridges ministry on Wednesday changed the name of the Bangabandhu Bridge over the River Jamuna and the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Tunnel under the River Karnaphuli...
The Bangladesh Bank has been granted sweeping powers in the draft of Bank Resolution Ordinance, 2025, allowing it to take over crisis-hit banks, transfer their assets, and hand over operations to a Bridge Banks...
A college student electrocuted on a foot-over bridge on the Dhaka-Aricha highway in Savar Monday morning...
ONE Bank PLC has recently signed an agreement with the Bangladesh Bridge Authority (BBA) regarding toll collection for the Jamuna Bridge through collection booth located at the bridge, said a press release...
Bangladesh Bridge Authority has earned highest toll of Tk 838.56 crore from Padma Bridge in 2024....
THE decision of the Anti-Corruption Commission to carry out a further investigation in a case filed against seven people on charges of 鈥榗orruption conspiracy鈥� in hiring consultants for the Padma bridge project is welcome. The people alleged to have been involved in the 鈥榗orruption conspiracy鈥�, in the case that the commission filed...
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Tuesday decided to conduct further investigation in a case filed years ago against seven people, including former Bridges Division secretary...
Bangladesh Bridge Authority and Bangladesh Institute of Administration and Management Foundation have signed an agreement for the management of schools located in the...
The Anti-Corruption Commission has started proceeding with its bid to reinvestigate four years-old cases over conspiracies to commit corruption in the Padma Bridge contract awarding and corruption in...
After a long wait, passenger train service on the new Benapole-Dhaka route via the Padma Bridge will begin on Tuesday.
Two students of South Point School and College achieved the Outstanding Cambridge Learner Award this year...
Distressed assets in Bangladesh鈥檚 banking sector surpassed Tk聽6.75 lakh crore at the end of FY24, an amount equivalent to the cost of 13.5 Dhaka Metro systems or 22.5 Padma Bridges, according to a...
Sixty-five Bangladeshi students have been honoured with 鈥楾op in the World鈥� awards at the Outstanding Cambridge Learner Awards 2024, a prestigious event co-hosted by the British Council and Cambridge International Education at a hotel in the capital on Saturday...
Two trains ran on trial basis on the under-construction Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Railway Bridge over the River Jamuna for the first time on Tuesday...
The Bangladesh Bridge Authority has planned to lease out a luxury guest house to international hotel management companies in a desperate bid to reduce the loss incurred from the operation of the newly built tunnel under the River Karnaphuli in Chattogram...
The much-awaited train service on Dhaka-Jashore-Khulna-Benapole section is expected to open on December 2 via Padma Bridge.
The British Council on Tuesday organised Scholars鈥� Award 2024 distribution ceremony to honour 36 students who achieved excellent results in their May-June 2024 Cambridge International and Pearson Edexcel Qualifications conducted by the British Council for UK Exam Boards...
Two railway projects are likely to see budget cuts of around Tk 7,300 crore in a slimming-down attempt as officials view that earlier these projects were not 鈥榚xamined properly鈥�...
A section of people, including political activists, on Thursday allegedly vandalised toll plaza offices and set fire to different places of Bhasha Shaheed Rafiq Bridge over the River Dhaleswari in Manikganj demanding stopping of the toll collection from the bridge...
A bridge partially collapsed in the eastern German city of Dresden early on Wednesday, with authorities saying no one was injured but that there was a risk of further sections crumbling...
Harry Brook鈥檚 unbeaten fifty guided England into a strong position at stumps on a see-saw third day of the second Test against the West Indies at Trent Bridge...
