HPM Sheikh Hasina offers Nepal use of Payra Port

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has offered Nepal the use of Payra port at a bilateral meeting with her Nepalese counterpart Pushpa Kamal Dahal on the sidelines of the UN Food Systems Summit in the FAO headquarters. "Bangladesh already opened the Chalna and Chattogram ports for Nepal. Nepal can use the newly constructed Payra port as well," Foreig...

3 key fast-track projects near end

Padma Bridge, Payra Port and Dhaka Metro Rail-6 are among the fast-track projects nearing completion, whereas several others are witnessing a slower than expected implementation rate, according to a progress report. The Padma Multipurpose Bridge project, the largest bridge infrastructure in Bangladesh, had financial progress of 85.74 per cent a...