Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina says that as it was against the interest of one particular individual, false graft allegation was brought involving Padma Bridge and the World Bank stopped lending loan support on the basis of that allegation.

Bangladesh has no scope to sue the World Bank for stopping financing to the Padma bridge project as per the relevant agreement, Law Minister Anisul Haque says.

It is incredulous that the World Bank with expertise on almost anything under the sun failed to understand through its legal departments that the so-called evidence is all moth-eaten and lame. This one single incident will have dented the organisation’s standing in the eyes of the nations.

The ruling Awami League yesterday demanded that Nobel laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus, Transparency International

Awami League says Nobel laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus, Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) and some local intellectuals should apologise for their conspiracy to stop World Bank’s financing in the Padma bridge project.

Bangladesh cabinet greets Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina as the World Bank could not prove the corruption for the Padma bridge project.

The World Bank must apologise to Bangladesh and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for maligning the government's image through raising false allegation of corruption conspiracy involving the Padma Bridge project, lawmakers from treasury and opposition benches told parliament last night.

Law Minister Anisul Huq suggests the people, who have been victimised due to false allegation of corruption in Padma bridge project, to file case against the World Bank.

Lawmakers come down heavily on the World Bank over the Padma bridge issue, going as far as saying that the global lender itself is “a corrupt body”. Demands have been raised for a formal apology to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for 'maligning her image'.

Three former senior executives of SNC-Lavalin Group in Canada were acquitted in the Padma bridge corruption conspiracy case, a development that prompted calls for apology from those who were vocal against the alleged graft attempt.

Three former top executives of SNC-Lavalin have been acquitted in an international bribery case linked to Padma bridge construction project in Bangladesh. An Ontario Superior Court justice dismissed the case at the prosecution's request.

The Awami League government had taken up a good number of infrastructure development projects since assuming office eight years ago but only a handful of those could be implemented.

The construction work for expansion from two lanes to four lanes of 55km Dhaka-Bhanga highway via Mawa known as Padma

The visiting World Bank (WB) chief has stated that Bangladesh has made “great progress in reducing child malnutrition and stunting” and committed to provide US$1billion over the next three years to that effect.

The government has given the final go-ahead to a Chinese company to start construction of the 215km-long Padma rail link from Dhaka to Jessore.

It is possible to open the Padma Multipurpose Bridge to traffic by 2018 as its construction work is progressing satisfactorily, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina tells the parliament.

Seven mega development projects by the government are well underway and are expected to have significant positive impact for the country. All of the seven top priority Fast Track Projects costing around $40 billion have now gained pace, although some of them are a few years behind the schedule.

The government yesterday allocated Tk 41,241 crore for having a better rail and road connectivity between the capital and the southern part of the country to reap the maximum benefit from the Padma Bridge Project.

The cost of the Padma Bridge River Training Works (RTW) is likely to increase further as additional areas have been brought under the RTW beyond the original plan due to excessive erosion of the river banks.

The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) approves the much-talked about Tk 34,988 crore project of Padma Bridge rail link from Dhaka to Jessore.