Motorcycles can ply Padma Bridge from April 20: Quader

The government has allowed the movement of motorcycle on the Padma Bridge from April 20.

"Under the directive of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, the government has given permission for plying of motorcycle on the Padma Bridge," Awami League General Secretary and also Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader told reporters here. 

The maximum speed for motorcycle movement on the Padma Bridge has been fixed at 60 kilometres, he added. 

On June 27 last year, the Bridge Division under the Ministry of Road Transport and Bridges banned the plying of motorcycles on the Padma Bridge.