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Two men wade through knee-deep water towards a concrete bridge in the Shibdhara Beel in Mymensingh. Four bridges built in the vast waterbody 15 years ago have since remained unusable due to the absence of connecting roads. Story on Page 5. Photo: TBS

Bangladesh

4 bridges in Mymensingh beel left without connecting roads for 15 years

Locals said if there were roads, it would be convenient for them to go to Haluaghat market

Bangladesh

Mymensingh to get a modern bridge over Brahmaputra

Langalbandh Bridge to remain closed 12-14 July

Bangladesh

Langalbandh Bridge to remain closed 12-14 July

Representational Image. Photo: Mumit M

Bangladesh

Padma bridge project’s Chinese engineer goes missing

When villagers construct bridge on their own

Infrastructure

When villagers construct bridge on their own

India, Bangla to build bridge on Thega river

World+Biz

India, Bangla to build bridge on Thega river

The bridge over the River Kirtinasha in Shariatpur’s Naria Upazila was built spending Tk9.8 crore over one and a half years ago. But it lays idle as only 50% construction work of the roads connecting to the bridge has been completed so far. Photo: TBS

Transport

Bridge ready but lies idle sans approach roads

Spanish firm to draw up 30-year master plan for Bridge Authority

Transport

Spanish firm to draw up 30-year master plan for Bridge Authority

Mirpur Balur ghat area, on the edge of the eastern side of the city, remains busy from four in the morning till five in the afternoon. Labourers fill bamboo-made wicker baskets with sand and walk down fast to traders' yards on the bank of the Buriganga river to pile up the sand. This is the largest sand market in Dhaka city. Photo: Noor A Alam/TBS

First Anniversary

Bridge the gap

Photo used on representational purposes and collected from Wikipedia website

Transport

Govt to build bridge over Meghna to ease Dhaka-Agartala communication

File Photo: Mohammad Minhaj Uddin/TBS

Budget

5,500km of roads, 31,000m of bridges to be built

Decades-old Bailey bridges in Bandarban district have turned very hazardous for use. Photo: TBS

Bangladesh

Risky movement on rundown Bailey bridges

A concrete bridge at Wahedpur union in Mirsharai upazila under Chattogram district lying unused for 20 years, as it does not have approach road on either side. Photo: TBS

Infrastructure

Bridge without approach-road in Mirsharai