Bangladesh’s prime minister disembarked from her motorcade last month to unveil an 11km elevated expressway, one of a flurry of infrastructure projects launched as she steps up her campaign for a record fifth term in power.
Sheikh Hasina hailed the expressway, which cost $1bn and breezes over Dhaka’s traffic-clogged streets, as part of the “journey of progress” that has turned one of the world’s poorest countries into a success story under her watch. “I am giving it to you as a gift,” Sheikh Hasina told a rally.
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