An 80-kilometre road from Cox’s Bazar to Teknaf along the Bay of Bengal, billed as the world’s largest marine drive, has been opened to traffic. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated it on Saturday morning at the 28th-kilometre point of the road at Inani. Bangladesh Army constructed marine drive under the supervision of the Roads and Highways Department. Prime Minister Hasina also opened an expanded runway at the Cox’s Bazar International Airport in the morning for easing movement of wide-bodied planes. She is scheduled to inaugurate several other development works including Cox’s Bazar Medical College Hospital, Cox’s Bazar IT Park, the Naf Tourism Project, and two floating LNG terminals in Moheshkhali.

Source: Dhaka Tribune May 06, 2017 06:56 UTC