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.