Bangladesh enters new era of transportation with Chinese-built 1st underwater tunnel

STORY: Bangladesh enters new era of transportation with Chinese-built 1st underwater tunnel DATELINE: Oct. 29, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:42 LOCATION: CHATTOGRAM, Bangladesh CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of drone view of the toll station of the tunnel 2. various of Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina unveiling a monument to the tunnel 3. various of Hasina paying the first toll and gone through the tunnel 4. various of inauguration ceremony 5. various of Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh Yao Wen and the representative from the Chinese company presenting the tunnel model to Hasina 6. various of inauguration ceremony 7. SOUNDBITE 1 (Chinese): YU JINGTAO, Project Manager 8. various of the tunnel 9. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): ANAND BARUA, Bangladeshi resident 10. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): SAUFUL ISLAM CHOWDHURY, Associate professor of the University of Chittagong STORYLINE: A Chinese-built underwater tunnel, the first in Bangladesh and South Asia, was inaugurated on Saturday as Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh H