Bangladeshis brimming with joy as BRI railway links Dhaka with southern districts

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Bangladeshis brimming with joy as BRI railway links Dhaka with southern districts

STORY: GLOBALink | Bangladeshis brimming with joy as BRI railway links Dhaka with southern districts DATELINE: April 16, 2023 LENGTH: 00:03:23 LOCATION: Dhaka CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of newly brought train from China standing for trial run at Bhanga station in Faridpur district, Bangladesh STORYLINE: Trial operation has begun on a railway line in Bangladesh constructed under the framework of the Belt and Road Initiative. The test run of trains is conducted on one of the rail link project's three sections from Bhanga to Mawa in the central Faridpur district, through the Chinese-built Padma Bridge. SOUNDBITE 1 (Bengali): KAUSHIK AHMED SHUBO, Bangladeshi student "My name is Kaushik Ahmed Shubo. I'm a third year student of Elias Ahmed Chowdhury College located in Shibchar Upazila (sub-district) of Madaripur district. Today is a milestone day. On this day, the intense desire of the people of Bangladesh, the Padma Bridge, the railway line of the lower part of the Padma Bridge has been inaugurate

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