Bridging B&R, Bangladesh

MBEC announces its arrival on world stage with big infrastructure project

With a yellow safety helmet on and in an orange life jacket, M.D. Shohel Rana appears proud after yet another day working on Bangladesh's Padma Bridge, the country's largest infrastructure project as well as the largest international bridge project undertaken by Chinese companies.

The venture is called a dream bridge. For, it is expected to promote trade, boost the national economy and alleviate poverty. Rana, just 28, is a technician at the Padma Bridge project's research center of China Major Bridge Engineering Co Ltd, or MBEC, the company that is executing the dream project.