The Padma Bridge project holds an important niche in Bangladesh's infrastructural development plans. And so when questions arise about the alleged corruption that may have crept into its planning and implementation, it is a whole nation which is left worried. For two very fundamental reasons: one, the project aims at giving a boost to the economic basis of our society, a truth we cannot lose sight of, and, two, it is undoubtedly embarrassing when questions are raised about the integrity of those involved in its implementation. In light of the above and given the fact that the Canadian authorities are now investigating a Canada-based engineering firm on alleged corruption relating to consultancy work on the project, we welcome the move by the prime minister to order a probe into what has been happening with the Padma Bridge project.