Dhaka-Sylhet highway

Dhaka-Sylhet Highway: Expansion works delay as 22 schools await relocation

At least 22 government primary schools in six districts will be affected due to the expansion of the Dhaka-Sylhet Highway, a project implemented by Roads and Highways Department (RHD).

No respite from habitual delays in public projects

Dhaka-Sylhet expansion work plagued by land acquisition issues

Dhaka-Sylhet-Tamabil Highway: Crucial projects held back by land issues

The expansion work of the Dhaka-Sylhet highway has been severely hampered due to long delays in land acquisition and the moving of utility lines.

2 mega projects set to kick off

Physical works of two mega infrastructure projects involving around Tk 70,000 crore will get underway this week, setting off a flurry of activities for the next several years.

Why is RHD hiring firms with poor records?

Important road development projects should not be in incompetent hands

Dhaka-Sylhet 4-lane highway: Physical work set to begin after 7 years

Physical work to expand the Dhaka-Sylhet Highway is going to start finally, around seven years after a feasibility study was done to take up a project to improve connectivity between the capital and the southeast region, and beyond.

A pandemic of ill-conceived projects

Establish accountability to tackle habitual time-cost overruns in government projects

214km Dhaka-Sylhet Highway: ADB to fund its expansion into four lanes

The impasse over financing of the expansion of 214-kilometre Dhaka-Sylhet Highway into four lanes is likely to end soon, as Asian Develop-ment Bank has given “consent” to fund the project, officials said.

3 killed in Narayanganj road crash

Three persons are killed and eight others are injured in a road accident involving a pick-up van and a human haulier in Rupganj upazila of Narayanganj.

October 31, 2024
October 31, 2024

Dhaka-Sylhet Highway: Expansion works delay as 22 schools await relocation

At least 22 government primary schools in six districts will be affected due to the expansion of the Dhaka-Sylhet Highway, a project implemented by Roads and Highways Department (RHD).

May 15, 2024
May 15, 2024

No respite from habitual delays in public projects

Dhaka-Sylhet expansion work plagued by land acquisition issues

May 15, 2024
May 15, 2024

Dhaka-Sylhet-Tamabil Highway: Crucial projects held back by land issues

The expansion work of the Dhaka-Sylhet highway has been severely hampered due to long delays in land acquisition and the moving of utility lines.

January 28, 2023
January 28, 2023

2 mega projects set to kick off

Physical works of two mega infrastructure projects involving around Tk 70,000 crore will get underway this week, setting off a flurry of activities for the next several years.

December 10, 2022
December 10, 2022

Why is RHD hiring firms with poor records?

Important road development projects should not be in incompetent hands

September 29, 2022
September 29, 2022

Dhaka-Sylhet 4-lane highway: Physical work set to begin after 7 years

Physical work to expand the Dhaka-Sylhet Highway is going to start finally, around seven years after a feasibility study was done to take up a project to improve connectivity between the capital and the southeast region, and beyond.

July 6, 2022
July 6, 2022

A pandemic of ill-conceived projects

Establish accountability to tackle habitual time-cost overruns in government projects

July 25, 2019
July 25, 2019

214km Dhaka-Sylhet Highway: ADB to fund its expansion into four lanes

The impasse over financing of the expansion of 214-kilometre Dhaka-Sylhet Highway into four lanes is likely to end soon, as Asian Develop-ment Bank has given “consent” to fund the project, officials said.

July 24, 2019
July 24, 2019

3 killed in Narayanganj road crash

Three persons are killed and eight others are injured in a road accident involving a pick-up van and a human haulier in Rupganj upazila of Narayanganj.

October 22, 2018
October 22, 2018

4 bullet-hit bodies found in N'ganj

Four bullet-hit bodies were found in Narayanganj while two decomposed bodies were recovered from a field in the capital's Uttara area yesterday.