KL to build 22,000 apartments in BD

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UNB, Dhaka :Malaysia will help Bangladesh in construction of 22,000 apartments in capital Dhaka and a flyover connecting Dhaka with Rajuk’s Jhilmil housing project.The Malaysian assistance will come under a Memorandum of Understanding the two countries signed in Dhaka on Tuesday. Under the MoU 12,000 apartments will be built at Uttara while 10,000 at Kamrangichar.A 13-kilometer flyover will be built connecting Dhaka’s Shantinagar to Jhilmil housing project in Keraniganj.Housing and Public Works Minister Engineer Mosharraf Hossain and Malaysian Prime Minister’sSpecial Envoy Dato Seri S Samy Vellu signed the MoU.Mosharraf said work on the three projects will be completed in 30 months since signing of a formal agreement.The design of the flyover has already been done, he said.

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