Dhaka, May 14 -- A Chinese joint-venture (JV) company has been assigned to rehabilitate Bangladesh's first longest bridge over the Jamuna River as railway tracks have been withdrawn from there.

The tracks were removed after constructing a dedicated railway bridge on the river last year.

The Bangladesh Bridge Authority (BBA) and CCCC-CRBC JV signed the contract under the Jamuna Bridge Deck Rehabilitation and Reopening of Abandoned Rail Lane initiative at a ceremony at Setu Bhaban in the capital on Wednesday.

Officials say the joint venture of China Communications Construction Company (CCCC) and China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC) has been assigned to carry out rehabilitation, widening, and capacity enhancement of the 4.8km bridge d...