Sangsad Bhbaban, April 5 -- Strong words were exchanged in the Parliament on Sunday as BNP lawmaker Monirul Haque Chowdhury (Cumilla-6) accused Road Transport and Bridges Minister Sheikh Rabiul Alam of recycling the "bureaucratic rhetoric" of the previous government instead of addressing urgent safety concerns on the Dhaka-Chattogram highway.

Raising a notice under Section 71 on matters of urgent public importance, Chowdhury drew the House's attention to what he described as a "death trap" at the intersection of the Dhaka-Chattogram highway and the Cumilla-Noakhali link road.

He criticized the installation of "monstrous" illegal barricades and the lack of underpasses and service lanes at seven key points, including Tomchom Bridge.

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