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PM to open country’s first 8-lane highway tomorrow

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is expected to inaugurate the country’s first eight-lane highway from Jatrabari to Kanchpur through a videoconference on Saturday.The videoconference will be held at her official residence Ganobhaban in the morning.Sheikh Hasina will also inaugurate the construction works from Jatrabari intersection to Mawa, including Ikuria-Babubazar link, and upgradation of Pachhar-Bhanga Highway to a four-lane one with a separate service lane on both ways for the slow-moving vehicles which is also known as Padma Bridge link road.