Economic Reporter :
Roads and Highways Department (RHD) on Thursday signed its first contract since the outbreak of Covid-19 in Bangladesh worth Tk 6.50 billion, under a JICA-funded project to upgrade and replace 21 bridges.
The RHD hosted the signing ceremony at its project office in Banani when Mr Sobur and Mritunjoy Ghosal signed the deal on behalf of the RHD and contractors.
Additional secretary Chandan Kumar Dey and RHD chief engineer M Shahriar Hossain also joined.
Road transport and bridges minister Obaidul Quader, Japanese ambassador Naoki Ito and JICA Dhaka Office chief representative Hayakawa Yuho witnessed the deal signing through videoconferencing.
Roads and Highways Department (RHD) on Thursday signed its first contract since the outbreak of Covid-19 in Bangladesh worth Tk 6.50 billion, under a JICA-funded project to upgrade and replace 21 bridges.
The RHD hosted the signing ceremony at its project office in Banani when Mr Sobur and Mritunjoy Ghosal signed the deal on behalf of the RHD and contractors.
Additional secretary Chandan Kumar Dey and RHD chief engineer M Shahriar Hossain also joined.
Road transport and bridges minister Obaidul Quader, Japanese ambassador Naoki Ito and JICA Dhaka Office chief representative Hayakawa Yuho witnessed the deal signing through videoconferencing.
