Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said the completion of Padma Bridge construction with own funds has garnered respect for Bangladesh from the international community. "People now show respect when they hear the name of Bangladesh in the international arena. The people of Bangladesh have reached a dignified position," she said. The premier made the...
The toll collection on Padma Bridge released 1500 crore taka. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated the much-awaited Padma Bridge on 25 June 2022. So far, 1 crore 12 lakh 91 thousand 95 vehicles have crossed both ends of the bridge. Among them, 56 lakh, 1 thousand 232 cars crossed through Mawa, and 56 lakh, 89 thousand 863 vehicles crossed th...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday reaffirmed her vow to make the country’s upcoming national election free, fair and neutral truly reflecting the will of the people. “There are some people who talk about free, fair and neutral elections. But the country has witnessed free and neutral elections whenever the Awami League has been...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday (October 10, 2023) opened the Dhaka-Bhanga railway line, a part of which runs over Padma Bridge, in laying another milestone in the country’s infrastructure development. The opening of the 82-kilometre railway track from Dhaka to Faridpur’s Bhanga upazila under “Padma Bridge Rail Link Co...
Saiful, who used to be a van-puller, now sells ‘fuchka’ (street food) near the Padma Bridge. He now earns significantly more than he did previously – thanks to the boom the locality has seen in tourism since the Padma Bridge opened in June 2022. Many day labourers, like Saiful, are taking advantage of the positive change in th...
Bangabandhu's nation with Development and Good Governance: An Indomitable force in Plights and Promises
2022 was a year of setting milestones for the country, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's ICT Advisor Sajeeb Wazed Joy said Saturday while wishing everyone a happy new year. In a video, posted on his verified Facebook page, Joy also placed a resolve to make 2023 full of new accomplishments under the leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. The ...
From shiny new factories, increased profits, and more employment opportunities to a slew of new tourists, the Padma Bridge has already begun transforming the landscape of the Southwest in many different ways, while also giving a boost to Mongla Port. On the industrial side, Barishal will also be making several firsts, including its first-ever g...
The dream of establishing road connectivity between the southwestern part of Bangladesh and the capital city came true after the opening of the long-waited Padma Bridge in June. But it will take time to make the most out of the country's longest bridge since a supportive infrastructure is yet to be built in the region, home to 21 districts. Un...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday morning headed towards her hometown Tungipara in Gopalganj, with her children by the Padma Bridge. Her son Sajeeb Wazed Joy and daughter Saima Wazed Putul accompanied her. The prime minister left Ganabhaban at 8am and reached the Padma Bridge at 8:48am. HPM Sheikh Hasina spent some time on bridge w...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today expressed her gratitude to the countrymen for standing beside her in building the Padma Multipurpose Bridge, saying all credit goes to the people of Bangladesh for its construction. "I am really grateful to the people of Bangladesh for standing by me in this way. Their strength is the greatest strength (for me...
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said the government didn’t become disappointed as the construction of the Padma Bridge has been delayed for two years due to conspiracy. "The 42 pillars of the Padma Bridge are the reflection of a courageous Bangladesh," she said. The Premier made this remark while responding to a tabled questio...
In 2010, Masuma Akter, a school teacher from Patuakhali’s Bauphal, was critically injured in a road crash. Bruised and bloodied, she was initially taken to a local hospital, then to Patuakhali Sadar Hospital, before being moved to Barishal Sher-e-Bangla Medical College Hospital from there.As her condition deteriorated, the doctors took a r...
Bangladesh has come of age as a huge turnaround story with the formal inauguration of the 6.15-km rail-road bridge on the Padma River on June 25, Saturday. This is the country's biggest infrastructure project since independence from Pakistan, which left Bangladesh bloodied and battered. But in 50 years down the line and with Sheikh Hasina at th...
Professor Md. Mizanur Rahman: The Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman nurtured a lifelong dream to build his "Golden Bengal" free of hunger, poverty, and discrimination. To that end, he adopted a plan to construct bridges over mighty rivers in post-independence Bangladesh. However, Bangladesh was plunged back into a dark aby...
People in thousands started thronging to Kathalbari ghat of Shibchar upazila here since the dawn to join the mammoth public rally of Awami League marking the much-awaited Padma Bridge inauguration. After opening the biggest self-financed project Padma Bridge, the premier will join AL's public rally at 12 noon. The rally began at 9.15 am with r...
This bridge has connected around one-third of Bangladesh's land area, entangled with rivers, to the capital. Consequently, it will catalyze the local and international trades of Bangladesh. In addition to transforming the economic footing of around 50 million people of the South-west part of the country, it will also ensure a rise in the nationa...
PM Sheikh Hasina today expressed deep gratitude to the people involved with construction of Padma Bridge, including project authority, consultants, contractors, workers, and army personnel who provided security. Reciting Sukanta Bhattacharya, she lauded the courage of the nation: "Shabash Bangladesh! E prithibi obak takiye roy". "I have no com...
Prime Minister's ICT Affairs Adviser Sajeeb Wazed Joy has said Padma Bridge is not just an engineering masterpiece but a symbol of Bangladesh's pride and dignity as well. "All the people of this country equally share this glory. The future of Bangladesh hinges much on this bridge," he wrote while sharing a video from his verified Facebook page ...
Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader today said that the 6.15 kilometre long Padma Bridge is the symbol of dignity as well as revenge to humiliation. "It is the dream bridge of Sheikh Hasina. The Padma Bridge is the golden outcome of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's bold courage, which proved our ability and capacity," he told a pre...
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