News Bangladesh celebrates extension of rail network to Cox’s Bazar Bangladesh Railways has opened a 104km railway that extends its network from the previous terminus of Dohazari to the coastal city of Cox’s Bazar, The Daily Star reports. The project…
News Construction begins on OMA’s 150m-tall Bangladesh office tower Construction has begun on the Dhaka Tower, a 150m-tall, 180,000 sq m building designed by the Netherlands’ Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) for Bangladesh’s capital. Located by Hatirjheel Lake, the…
News Contract awarded for Bangladesh’s Tyne-style steel-arch bridge A joint venture between China State Construction (CSCEC) and Bangladesh’s Spectra Engineers has been chosen to build the country’s longest steel-arch bridge, the Financial Express reports.
News Bangladesh to open Padma Bridge railway next month The railway that will use the bottom deck of Bangladesh’s awe-inspiring Padma bridge is to be commissioned next month, according to reports in the Chinese media. A 172km railway, which…
News Korean firms in line for $1bn water deal in Bangladesh The Korean government has secured the right to negotiate a $1bn water supply project for an industrial park in Bangladesh, website Business Korea reports. The announcement was made by Korea’s…
News Danish investors propose $1.3bn offshore wind farm for Bangladesh Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners, an investment company specialising in wind power ventures, has joined with consultant Copenhagen Offshore Partners to propose a $1.3bn project to the government of Bangladesh. According to…
News Chittagong’s pioneering road tunnel to be completed in September After four years of construction work, a 3.4km road tunnel under the Karnaphuli river in the port city of Chittagong in Bangladesh is nearing completion, the Dhaka Tribune reports. The…
News Work begins on Dhaka’s second transformative elevated expressway Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina fired the starting pistol on a project to build a landscape-transforming, 24km elevated expressway in the congested capital Dhaka Saturday (12 November). Financed by China…