A road in the capital’s Jurain area is being flooded with sewer water due to lack of a proper drainage system. This photo was taken on Wednesday.

Purbachal Project: Only 50pc work completed in 21 yrs

Shah Alam Nur :Only 50 per cent of the development work of Purbachal New Town Project in the capital has been completed in last 21 years since July, 1995.The slow progress would double the project cost to Tk 77.82 billion whereas initially the budget for the project was estimated at Tk 33.11 billion.The government undertook the project to establish the satellite city at Purbachal on the outskirts of Dhaka city in 1992 and land acquisition began in 1993 for implementing...

17 Nov 2015, 12:00 am