DHAKA: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina directed the authorities concerned to identify faulty bridges-culverts of rail and roads through a survey across the country and also to repair those before the coming monsoon. 

She gave the directive at a meeting of the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) in the capital on Tuesday (June 25).

The Prime Minister’s order came following the derailment of Dhaka-bound Upaban Express train from Sylhet on the night of June 23.

Planning Minister M A Mannan told newsmen after the ECNEC meeting.

BDST: 2133 HRS, JUNE 25, 2019

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