<div><span style="font-size: 1rem;">The Padma Bridge has hit a new 24-hour toll collection record as the bridge authorities collected Tk4,19,39,650 on Friday .</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>A record 31,723 vehicles used the bridge to travel to and from the country's southwestern region in the 24 hours to Friday midnight.</div><div><br></div><div>Mahmudur Rahman, executive director of Bangladesh Bridge Authority, confirmed the news.</div><div><br></div><div>Some 19,667 vehicles accessed the bridge from the Mawa end during that time, accounting for Tk 2.47 crore of the total revenue.</div><div><br></div><div>Meanwhile, tolls worth Tk 1.71 crore were collected at the Zajira end, from which 12,056 vehicles ascended the bridge.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>