Highway Expansion Project: PD appointed in just 5 days after PM’s discontent

In a rare move, Road Transport and Bridges Ministry yesterday appointed a project director within five days of the approval of the Jhenaidah-Jashore highway expansion project. The move came after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at the last ECNEC meeting expressed serious discontent over the five-year tenure of the project and asked to cut the project period by two years. It takes