Bangladesh, July 23 -- A day-long workshop on developing the core rural road network, setting road development priorities and verifying related data was held in Gafargaon upazila of Mymensingh on Wednesday.

The workshop, organised by the Local Government Engineering Department (LGED), Gafargaon, began at 11:00am at the Upazila Parishad hallroom. Bates Consulting Services Limited provided technical support for the programme.

The workshop was chaired by Upazila Nirbahi Officer M N Abdullah-Al-Mamun, while a GIS specialist from Bates Consulting Services Limited attended as the key discussant.

Among those present were Upazila Engineer Abu Bakar Siddique, Upazila BNP leader Sheikh Md Ishaq, Shah Abdullah Al Mamun, administrators of the upazil...