File photo of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina PIDProject scheduled to be completed by 2025Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is expected to lay the foundation stone of the dedicated railway bridge over theJamuna River on Sunday. “The prime minister will lay the foundation stone of the 4.8km long double-line dual-gauge Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Railway Bridge at 10:30am virtually from her official residence Ganabhaban,” said an official of the Railways Ministry. With the construction of the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Railway Bridge, 88 trains will be able to run. While visiting Tokyo on May 25-28, 2014, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina requested Japan to fund the project when she met Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Later, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina also raised the issue when the Japanese prime minister visited Dhaka on September 6, 2014.

Source: Dhaka Tribune November 28, 2020 14:14 UTC