U.N. OFFERS GRANT FOR STUDY ON BANGLADESH BRIDGE
The U.N. Development program (UNDP) will
give Bangladesh a 6.79 mln dlr grant to undertake a detailed
study on the building of a bridge over the River Jamuna, the
official BSS news agency said.
    It said an agreement was signed here yesterday.
    Communication Ministry officials said the bridge would be
to link Dhaka with the northern areas of Bangladesh and was
expected to cost about 836 mln dlrs. They said offers of help
had been received from Saudi Arabia and the World Bank, but
they gave no details.
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