Rural roads

Rural roads

By participating in roadside plantations, markets, and local committees, women are no longer hidden. PHOTO: TBS

Rural Roads: Not just transport, but transformation!

Bangladesh’s rural road initiative shows how infrastructure can become a source of food, income, and empowerment when villagers co-own roads

A semi-constructed village road in Bangladesh. File Photo: TBS

16,160km of new roads to be construct in rural areas in upcoming 3 FYs

LGED is working on developing a core rural road network at every upazila and district level. Photo: Mohammad Minhaz Uddin

Economic growth is driving up the need to upgrade rural roads

Slew of rural road proposals as election nears

Slew of rural road proposals as election nears

Rural roads served their life. Now they need an upgrade

Rural roads served their life. Now they need an upgrade

The upgradation of an 8-kilometre road from the entrance of Cox’s Bazar town to Laboni Point in Kolatoli beach into a four-lane road is expected to ease communication in the district. Photo: TBS

Rebooting economy: Bangladesh plans to upgrade rural roads