BANGLADESH-CHATTOGRAM-CHINESE-BUILT-UNDERWATER TUNNEL

BANGLADESH-CHATTOGRAM-CHINESE-BUILT-UNDERWATER TUNNEL

(231029) -- CHATTOGRAM, Oct. 29, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A vehicle runs out of the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Tunnel in Chattogram, Bangladesh, Oct. 29, 2023. A Chinese-built underwater tunnel, the first in Bangladesh and South Asia, was inaugurated on Saturday as Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina paid the first toll and went through the tunnel. Hasina and Chinese Ambassador Yao Wen also attended the inauguration ceremony of the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Tunnel. TO GO WITH "Bangladesh enters new era of transportation with Chinese-built 1st underwater tunnel" (Xinhua)

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