Regular maintenance, provision of funds necessary

Take measures to address the plight of commuters

LGED must reduce its huge repairs backlog, prevent shoddy construction

It shows how poor planning and lax quality control are marring Bangladesh's development projects

Authorities must ensure quality, prevent irregularities in construction projects

Relevant agencies must work together to improve their safety

Government must cancel the plan to build a road through Ramu forest

The Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) has taken an initiative to build a 5km road through the Ramu reserve forest, a move that forest officials and environmentalists say will bring disaster.

The streets of rural Bangladesh should value the safety and wellbeing of its users.

Around 657 kilometres of 153 roads in Sylhet and Suamganj have been submerged due to flood as the water of the river Surma and Kushiyara is still flowing above the danger level.

The Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) has taken up a special project worth Tk 35crore to build 12 bridges in Patuakhali municipality. The bridges will be designed to emulate bridges in Dhaka's Hatirjheel area.

An engineer of Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) is arrested red-handed while taking bribe in Sonargaon upazila of Narayanganj.

On July 7, 2015, ECNEC approved the Rural Insfrastructure-2 project, designed to allocate Tk. 6,076 crore to 284 MPs. Under this project, each MP will be allowed to develop infrastructure projects worth Tk. 20 crore, which will be implemented by the Local Government Engineering Department (LGED).