Bangladesh's Padma Bridge opens to traffic

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Bangladesh's Padma Bridge opens to traffic

STORY: Bangladesh's Padma Bridge opens to traffic DATELINE: June 27, 2022 LENGTH: 0:02:55 LOCATION: Dhaka CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of inauguration Ceremony of Padma Bridge 2. various of opening ceremony of Padma Bridge 3. various of Padma Bridge STORYLINE: The Padma Bridge built by a Chinese enterprise held an opening ceremony in Dhaka on Saturday in Bangladesh. In her inauguration ceremony speech, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said that after the launch of the bridge, it will become an important transportation junction to establish direct communication between the capital Dhaka and 21 districts in the southern part of the country by road and rail. The bridge is expected to contribute 1.23 percentage points to Bangladesh's GDP growth and reduce the poverty rate by 0.84 percentage point per year, she added. New economic zones and high-tech parks will be built centering on the bridge. As a result, domestic and foreign investment will be attracted and the pace of industrialization of

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