Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said the government wants to improve the country's road network to boost its socio-economic development. “The more the country's communication network is developed, the greater will be the changes in its socio-economic scenario,” she told the inauguration programme of the Saat Rasta to Holy Family Hospital part of the Moghbazar-Mouchak Flyover at the city's Officers Club.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to inaugurate supply of 100-megawatt power to Bangladesh from northeastern Indian state of Tripura's Palatana project on March 23.