Construction of the RM3 billion Penang Second Bridge will begin after the Chinese New Year holiday, said Penang Second Bridge Task Force head Tan Sri Zaini Omar.
“The preliminary work is progressing as scheduled with no major problems encountered while the actual work on the bridge will begin after the Chinese New Year,” he told a [...]

Urban experts apprehend that Dhaka’s planned urbanisation is set to face a doom with thousands of building plans approved hurriedly over the last few months without considering vital prerequisites, constraints of utility services and physical infrastructures.
As many as 13,500 building plans were approved from January to May this year.

There’s a charming stone cottage on a snow-dappled hill, surrounded by mature trees and a low stone wall. Smoke billows from chimneys on either end of the house. Inside, the patina of centuries has settled onto rough-hewn timber beams and floors of large, uneven old bricks. Yet anyone scouring the English countryside for this cozy [...]