Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday said Bangladesh has constructed the Padma Bridge with own financing as her government had taken this challenge to brighten image of the country.
"We've done it by the grace of Allah. InshaAllah, we will inaugurate the Padma Bridge on June 25," she said while speaking at a meeting of Awami League (AL) Advisory Council. The meeting was held at her official residence Ganabhaban.
Sheikh Hasina said it hurts her heart when any slander is hurled against the country and that is why she had taken the challenge to build the much-cherished Padma Bridge with own funds when World Bank went away from financing the project for alleged corruption.
Mentioning that honesty has a different type of power, she said, "I've taken this challenge with that power of honest… And I have got the whole hearted support of the country's people. For this reason, I have been able to construct the Padma Bridge."
