Padma bridge rail link
Dhaka-Jashore Rail Line: Opening in July but full benefits far off
The Dhaka-Jashore rail line via the Padma Bridge is going to open in July, but Bangladesh Railway may not able be to reap the full benefit of the expensive project soon mainly due to shortages of manpower and carriages.
Padma rail link inauguration: PM reaches Bhanga on special train
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, her sister Sheikh Rehana and other family members collected tickets from the ticket booths at Mawa station at 12:53pm
Padma Bridge rail link: BR conducts test run of goods train on Bhanga-Mawa route
A freight train of Bangladesh Railway successfully completed a test run between Bhanga and Mawa station via the Padma bridge today
Bhanga-Payra Port Rail Line: Chinese firm keen to invest, build it
A state-run Chinese company has proposed investing and constructing the Bhanga-Payra Port railline on a public-private partnership model.
Railway research, dev centre: Chinese firm wants joint venture
A Chinese state-run company wants to set up a research and development centre for Bangladesh Railway (BR) in a joint venture with the BR.
Padma Bridge Rail Link: Soaring land prices jacking up cost
The cost of the Padma Bridge rail link, the construction of which is yet to start in full swing, has gone up by Tk 4,269 crore due to escalating land acquisition expenditure and delay in project implementation.
Padma Bridge Rail Link: Khulna in four hours promised
The government is going to start constructing the Padma Bridge rail link in a month and 23 kilometres of the 215km rail lines would be elevated.
China to lend $2.6b for Padma bridge rail link
Bangladesh and China signed a $2.6 billion loan deal on the Padma bridge rail link project yesterday.
China gives nod to $3.14b loan for Padma rail link
The Chinese State Council, the highest policymaking body of the East Asian nation, has finally given the go-ahead to the $3.14 billion
Better rail link to southern Bangladesh by 2022
The government yesterday allocated Tk 41,241 crore for having a better rail and road connectivity between the capital and the southern part of the country to reap the maximum benefit from the Padma Bridge Project.
Ecnec okays Tk 34,988cr Padma bridge rail link project
The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) approves the much-talked about Tk 34,988 crore project of Padma Bridge rail link from Dhaka to Jessore.