The construction materials industry of Bangladesh has registered massive growth over the past decade as some mega projects are providing ample opportunity for capacity building and ensuring world-class products, according to industry insiders.

A part of the country’s first ever elevated expressway is open to traffic since this morning.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday opened the country’s first elevated expressway, which is expected to usher in a new era in Dhaka’s commute by significantly cutting the travel time.

The opening of an elevated expressway in Dhaka yesterday will save time and money from now on, enabling businesses to enhance their competitiveness and boost exports, said exporters yesterday. 

Managing ramps and digitising toll collection are vital

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today inaugurated the 11.5 km Airport- Farmgate segment of 19.73-km Dhaka Elevated Expressway, the first of its kind in the country, raising high hope to reduce traffic congestion and commuters' travel time in the capital

The long-awaited Dhaka Elevated Expressway is set to be inaugurated today partially, bringing new hope for easing the perennial traffic woes in the capital.

Bangladesh’s first elevated expressway is going to be partially opened on September 2, 2023. Bhaskon Khannabha, the managing director of First Dhaka Elevated Expressway Company Ltd,

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A massive transformation is set to occur in the transportation of goods and passengers with the opening of the country's first elevated expressway in Dhaka. Economists and businesses have said that this mega-infrastructure project will significantly reduce both the time and cost of doing business.

When the World Bank released an analysis of Dhaka city's traffic conditions in 2017, the total number of registered vehicles was 11.82 lakh.

The government has fixed the toll rates for vehicles to get on the Dhaka Elevated Expressway

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate the mega projects, Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader said today

A major part of the Dhaka Elevated Expressway will finally open to traffic in September, more than a decade after the project was initiated to ease the capital’s perennial traffic congestion.

The limited launch of the metro tomorrow is unlikely to make any real dent in Dhaka's traffic problem

Parts of Dhaka Elevated Expressway (airport to Moghbazar) will be opened after the second phase of public-private partnership project (PPP) finishes by December 2020, Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader says.

Parts of Dhaka Elevated Expressway (airport to Moghbazar) will be opened after the second phase of public-private partnership project (PPP) finishes, said Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader yesterday.

The government plans to build a nearly 40km elevated expressway from Hemayetpur in Savar to Madanpur in Narayanganj for creating a vital link between major highways. The East-West Elevated Expressway would allow traffic to switch highways and skip the congested streets of the capital. Vehicles on Dhaka-Aricha highway would be able to speed towards the Dhaka-Chittagong highway with options to go in the direction of Mawa and Sylhet.

The government in the last seven years has failed to issue the work order for the 47km Dhaka Elevated Expressway (DEE) even though its construction has been inaugurated twice.