The Financial Express, 31 July 2012
The government Monday signed an agreement with a local construction company to build and repair 17 bridges in three districts at a cost of Tk 2.04 billion, Roads and Highway (RHD) officials said.
The small and medium bridges will be constructed in Tangail, Kishoreganj and Munshiganj districts under the deal, which was the last one of Eastern Bangladesh Bridge Improvement Project.
The RHD is implementing the improvement scheme spending around Tk 7.0 billion with the financial help of Japan and it is being executed in four stages under four packages.
A total of 117 bridges will be built and rebuilt under the project, RHD senior information officer Mohammad Abu Naser told the FE.
The RHD signed the agreement with construction company Mir Akhter Hossain Ltd at Sarak Bhaban in presence of Communications Minister Obaidul Quader.
Chief Engineer of the Roads and Highways Department (RHD) Aminur Rahman Lashkar and Mir Nasir Hossain, managing director of the construction firm, signed the deal on behalf of their respective sides.
Of the total, Japan International Cooperation Agency (Jica) will provide Tk 5.01 billion while the rest will come from the government fund.
Bangladesh Economy 
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