Karnaphuli Tunnel: Chinese company appointed to collect toll

A Chinese company has been given the charge of collecting tolls of the "Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Tunnel" built under the Karnaphuli river in Chattogram.

China Communications Construction Company Ltd has been appointed as the service provider/operator for maintenance and toll collection activities of the 3.32km long tunnel.

The proposal was approved, in principle, at a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs today with Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal in the chair, according to a notification of the Ministry of Finance.