Padma Bridge

Bangladesh police have arrested two men for social media posts deemed critical of a new bridge that had been trumpeted by the government as one of its greatest achievements.

Padma Bridge Bangladesh: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday inaugurated the long-awaited Padma bridge, the country's longest and entirely built with domestic funding.

The Padma Bridge, which is scheduled to open on June 25, is not a part of China's Belt and Road Initiative, Bangladesh Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) on Friday clarified.

The Padma Shri awards celebrate the 'Unsung Hero' this year - among them a 76-year-old martial arts expert, a weaver, doctors, environmentalists and civic workers. Over the years, these silent workers have enriched India in many ways - from cleaning up clogged rivers to building bridges at one-tenth the time and cost or saving thousands from fires,...

In a setback to Bangladesh, the World Bank has cancelled with immediate effect its USD 1.2 billion financial assistance to the Padma Bridge project, citing massive corruption in the programme. In a strongly worded statement, the World Bank said that the Bangladesh government has failed to take any action to check corruption despite its repeated re...

Bangladesh police have arrested two men for social media posts deemed critical of a new bridge that had been trumpeted by the government as one of its greatest achievements.

Padma Bridge Bangladesh: Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday inaugurated the long-awaited Padma bridge, the country's longest and entirely built with domestic funding.

The Padma Bridge, which is scheduled to open on June 25, is not a part of China's Belt and Road Initiative, Bangladesh Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) on Friday clarified.

The Padma Shri awards celebrate the 'Unsung Hero' this year - among them a 76-year-old martial arts expert, a weaver, doctors, environmentalists and civic workers. Over the years, these silent workers have enriched India in many ways - from cleaning up clogged rivers to building bridges at one-tenth the time and cost or saving thousands from fires,...

In a setback to Bangladesh, the World Bank has cancelled with immediate effect its USD 1.2 billion financial assistance to the Padma Bridge project, citing massive corruption in the programme. In a strongly worded statement, the World Bank said that the Bangladesh government has failed to take any action to check corruption despite its repeated re...