Padma Bridge project now complete
30 June 2024, 13:21 PM
Experimental automatic toll collection starts at Padma Bridge
5 July 2023, 09:18 AM
Tk 660cr toll collected from Padma Bridge till April 25: Quader
26 April 2023, 09:08 AM
IMF's DMD impressed with Padma bridge
18 January 2023, 12:44 PM
Padma Bridge 'graft conspiracy': Govt gets time till Oct 30 to form commission
16 October 2022, 10:51 AM
“Padma Bridge marks a new beginning of Bangladesh’s improved connectivity”
14 August 2022, 17:34 PM
People still stopping vehicles on Padma Bridge to take selfies
10 August 2022, 09:33 AM
Padma Bridge tour package launched
22 July 2022, 18:00 PM
Padma Bridge package tour inaugurated
22 July 2022, 12:55 PM
Rail track of Padma Bridge / Railway aims to finish installation by Dec
16 July 2022, 18:00 PM
Padma bridge construction starts in January
Construction of the bridge over the river Padma would start in January next year and is expected to be completed by 2013. About US $ 2.29 billion would be available from development partners including World Bank (WB), Asian Development Bank, JAICA, Islami Development Bank and the Abu Dhabi Fund.
2 September 2010, 18:00 PM
Second Padma bridge at Paturia gets nod
The government is going to construct a second bridge over the Padma River in Paturia at an estimated cost of Tk 13,121 crore or $1.9 billion with private initiative and without foreign assistance.
18 February 2010, 18:00 PM
Plan to lay 80km rail line on both sides of Padma Bridge
To bring the country's southwestern part under a robust railway network, the government has planned for constructing 80 kilometer rail line on both sides of the proposed Padma Bridge and renovating the existing railway tracks in the region
14 August 2009, 17:00 PM
Padma bridge proposed to be over 6km
The length of the Padma Bridge would be 6.15km instead of 5.58 km as the consulting firm in its design has proposed to extend it by 570 metres. The consultant firm, Maunsell Aecom Limited, disclosed the new length in its interim scheme design presentation programme at a city hotel yesterday.
25 June 2009, 17:00 PM
Govt reaches out to China for second Padma bridge
The Bangladesh government is expecting 2 to 3 billion US dollars in Chinese government assistance in the coming months for implementing some of its priority projects including construction of a second Padma Bridge or a tunnel at Paturia-Doulatdia river crossing point, said officials.
5 May 2009, 18:00 PM