The Punjab Government on Monday approved fourteen development schemes with an estimated cost of Rs 13259.249 million.

The government is going to implement a Tk 27.88 billion project to upgrade Jaidevpur-Chandra-Tangail-Elenga highway to use it as SAARC Highway Corridor-4 to facilitate road connectivity with neighb

Construction work on the four-lane road from Bargachhi to Dudgdha Bikash Chowk of Biratnagar will begin from mid-February.

Hill cutting goes on unabated at North Pahartali in Chittagong city in the name of unauthorised housing projects.

Davos : India has been ranked at a low 155th position in a global list that places countries on how well they perform on high-priority environmental issues.

The 2014 Environmental Performance Index (EPI), released today here, has ranked 178 countries in total. Among them, India is placed at the 155th position, with an index score of 31.23 points. Its rank is also much lower than BRICS peers.

Out of Rs. 580 million allocated for blacktopping the Gokuleshwor-Darchula road section in Darchula district, around Rs.

The government will initiate a project to protect and reinforce the upcountry road network, specially places threatened by landslides, with the assistance of the Japanese government this year.

The project aims to build roads, water and sanitation systems, markets and bus terminals for municipal services

The State Government has come up with an ambitious development programme in the road sector planning an investment of `15,000 crore during next five years.