Dhaka, Aug. 18 -- The 1,490-metre-long Maulana Bhasani Bridge over the Teesta River, on the Panchpir Bazar-Chilmari Upazila Sadar road, connecting Sundarganj Upazila of Gaibandha District with Chilmari Upazila of Kurigram District, is set to be inaugurated on Wednesday.

LGRD Adviser Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuyain will formally open the bridge in Gaibandha, according to a press release from the ministry on Monday.

Constructed with funding from the Government of Bangladesh (GoB), the Saudi Fund for Development (SFD), and the Opec Fund for International Development (Ofid), the project cost a total of Tk925 crore.

The bridge, measuring 1,490 metres in length and 9.60 metres in width, features two lanes and 31 spans. It is a pre-stressed concre...