Call for launching social movement against corruption

 

RANGPUR, Dec 11: Launching of a social movement against corruption with participation of common people can reduce corruption to speed up the present pace of national development for building a developed country, reports BSS. The opinion came at an anti-corruption planning meeting organised by Ward No-6 unit of Community Policing Forum of Mominpur union at Hazrahati Government Primary School under Sadar upazila here on Wednesday afternoon. RDRS Bangladesh assisted in arranging the meeting under the Justice Reform and Corruption Prevention (JRCP) Project with the assistance of German Development Cooperation (GIZ). The NGO has been implementing the project in Sadar and Kawnia upazilas in Rangpur to reduce corruption under GIZ funding with assistance of the Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs. Member for Ward No-6 of Mominpur union Ahsan Habib Dulal attended the meeting as the chief guest with President of Ward No-6 unit of Community Policing Forum of Mominpur union Haripado Mohanta in the chair.

Main construction work on Padma Bridge begins today

Prime minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate the main bridge construction work of Padma Multipurpose Bridge today (Saturday) morning at Jajira point in Shariatpur district.
She will also inaugurate the river training work at Mawa point in Munshiganj.
The government is building the Padma Bridge about 6.15-km, the country's largest infrastructure, with its own fund of Tk 28,000 crore.
On completion of the project, nearly six crore people of 19 southern districts will be connected with the rest of the country, including the capital Dhaka.
The work on the Padma Bridge is broadly divided into five parts -- the main bridge, river training, two link roads and infrastructure (service area) construction.
The two-tier Padma Bridge has the provisions for movement of vehicles on the upper tier of the bridge and operation of train on the lower tier.