PM grateful to nation: “Your support empowered me to build Padma Bridge”

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today (July 3, 2022) expressed gratitude to the nation for standing by her in constructing the Padma Multipurpose Bridge, saying that all credit goes to the people of Bangladesh.
3 July 2022, 07:52 AM

Tk 3.16cr record toll collected from 26,394 vehicles on Padma Bridge yesterday

The government earned record Tk 3.16 crore in revenue through toll from the vehicles that crossed the Padma Bridge yesterday (July 1, 2022), the sixth day after opening of the bridge to traffic.
2 July 2022, 13:10 PM

Cost of Padma Bridge will be realised by 20 years: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today told the parliament that the cost of construction of the Padma Bridge will be realised from toll collections within next 18 to 20 years, much earlier than anticipated previously.
30 June 2022, 16:19 PM

Video of biker “making away without paying” Padma Bridge toll goes viral

A video of a motorbike making away without paying toll at Padma Bridge has gone viral on social media.
29 June 2022, 12:51 PM

Saima Wazed delivers photo she took of BTV cameramen on Padma Bridge to their surprise

Saima Wazed Putul, daughter of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, was seen taking photos with a DSLR camera on the Padma Bridge, on the day (June 25, 2022) of its opening. Two BTV cameramen were captured in some of the photos she took.
29 June 2022, 08:17 AM

11 law enforcement units in charge of different parts of Padma Bridge

A day after Padma Bridge was opened, two young men died in a motorcycle accident on the bridge on Sunday.
28 June 2022, 22:50 PM

Momen seeks apology, compensation from “institution” that claimed Padma Bridge corruption

Foreign Minister AK Abdul Momen has sought apology and compensation from those who humiliated Bangladesh through accusing some top officials of a conspiracy of corruption in the Padma Bridge project.
28 June 2022, 15:00 PM

A tangled web: 11 law enforcement units in charge of Padma Bridge

A day after Padma Bridge was opened, two young men died in a motorcycle accident on the bridge on Sunday (June 26, 2022).
28 June 2022, 10:12 AM

False Padma Bridge corruption stories: HC orders to form commission for identifying culprits

The High Court today (June 28, 2022) ordered the government to form a commission in 30 days in order to identify people who made up false stories about corruption involving the Padma Bridge project.
28 June 2022, 08:39 AM

Authority provides conditions for motorbikes to cross Padma Bridge

The Bridges Division on Sunday (June 26, 2022) decided to ban motorbikes on Padma Bridge until further notice from yesterday (June 27, 2022).
28 June 2022, 07:47 AM

Derogatory remarks on Padma Bridge: Local BNP leader arrested in Noakhali

Police yesterday (June 27, 2022) arrested a local BNP leader of Noakhali’s Companiganj upazila for allegedly posting derogatory comments on social media over Padma Bridge.
27 June 2022, 19:48 PM

Parking car to make music video on Padma Bridge: Driver fined

A mobile court yesterday (June 27, 2022) fined a private car driver Tk 1,000 for parking his vehicle on Padma Bridge to make a music video, defying the government ban.
27 June 2022, 18:57 PM

Padma Bridge: How did he remove the nuts and bolts?

Hours after the arrest of a youth who was seen removing nuts and bolts of Padma Bridge’s railing, Criminal Investigation Department (CID) still could not specifically say how he removed them.
27 June 2022, 18:00 PM

Vehicular movement on Padma Bridge declines on day 2

The number of vehicles crossed the Padma Bridge on the second day has reduced significantly after the authorities banned motorcycles from crossing the bridge from 6:00 am today (June 27, 2022).
27 June 2022, 17:50 PM

Army, police beef up vigilance on Padma Bridge

Members of the Bangladesh Army as well police personnel today (June 27, 2022) beefed up vigilance to prevent any untoward incident on the Padma Bridge on the second day after the inauguration of the megastructure.
27 June 2022, 17:13 PM

Cost of Padma Bridge will be realised by 2057: Quader

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader told the parliament that the construction cost of Padma Bridge would be realised from tolls by 2057.
27 June 2022, 14:39 PM

3 injured as truck hits Padma Bridge viaduct fencing

Three people were injured when a truck carrying 136 sacks of onion hit the fencing on the viaduct road of Padma Bridge this afternoon (June 27, 2022).
27 June 2022, 12:32 PM

Youth who removed nuts, bolts of Padma Bridge placed on 7-day remand

A Shariatpur court today (June 27, 2022) placed Bayezid Talha on a seven-day remand in a case filed for removing nuts and bolts from the railing of the Padma Bridge.
27 June 2022, 12:07 PM

Those who opposed Padma Bridge are “enemies of Bangladesh”, High Court says

The High Court today (June 27, 2022) observed that those who had opposed the Padma Bridge construction are enemies of the country and nation, and they must be identified.
27 June 2022, 10:37 AM

Motorbikes on pickup trucks crossing Padma Bridge

Amidst the ongoing ban on motorbikes plying Padma Bridge, bikers seemed to have come up with a solution.
27 June 2022, 07:33 AM