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           May
          22, 2000  
           
           
          
           
          Sylhet,
          May 21 (UNB) - Works on Ashuganj-Bhairab bridge over river Meghna,
          involving Tk 553 crore, are progressing fairly well. 
           
          
           
          The
          government has taken up the project with financial assistance from
          British Overseas Development Agency (ODA). 
           
          
           
          Edmund
          Natal Ltd, a British construction firm, is implementing the project
          taken up to establish direct road link between Dhaka and greater
          Sylhet. 
           
          
           
          Works
          on the bridge are expected to be completed by 2002. 
           
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