Bhulta Flyover: Poor planning jacked up cost by 47%
About nine years back, the government approved a project to build a 613-meter-long four-lane flyover at Bhulta on Dhaka-Sylhet Highway to reduce traffic congestion and road crashes.
6 July 2022, 03:00 AM
HSIA to Airport Station: Govt plans ‘underpass’ for travellers
Upon arrival at the Dhaka airport, one has to take the trouble of crossing the busy airport road if he or she wants to catch a train or a bus.
5 July 2022, 03:00 AM
China wants to build Dhaka-Ctg expressway
China has proposed to build the Dhaka-Chattogram Expressway under a government-to-government-Public Private Partnership (G2G-PPP) framework, bringing the project cancelled last year back into focus.
4 July 2022, 02:30 AM
Dhaka-Mawa-Bhanga tollway: Modern road, manual operation
As the Dhaka-Mawa-Bhanga expressway was opened to traffic in March 2020, the Roads and Highways Department had over two years to introduce an automated toll collection system for motorists.
2 July 2022, 18:00 PM
Staying a day at Kamalapur station to buy advance tickets
Abdus Sabur Sarkar, employee of a private bank, came to Dhaka's Kamalapur Railway Station from Narayanganj's Fatullah around 6am today (July 2, 2022) to buy advance train tickets.
2 July 2022, 10:15 AM
BRTA directs ride-sharing apps to not allow bikes on long-routes before Eid
Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) today directed all ride-share providing companies to take strict measures so that no motorcycles under their services can operate on long-routes ahead of the Eid-ul-Azha.
30 June 2022, 16:11 PM
Bus fare on 15 routes via Dhaka-Mawa Expressway to go up from tomorrow
Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) today (June 30, 2022) reset bus fares for 15 routes – via Dhaka-Mawa-Bhanga Expressway, raising the fares by Tk 31–Tk 66.
30 June 2022, 11:44 AM
Toll on Dhaka-Mawa-Bhanga Expressway from July 1
The government is going to impose toll on vehicles for using the Dhaka-Mawa-Bhanga Expressway from July 1, a move that will push up transport costs.
27 June 2022, 10:33 AM
‘Home never felt so close’
Six minutes was all it took a BRTC bus to cross the 6.15km bridge over the Padma river yesterday.
26 June 2022, 18:00 PM
She’s done it!
“We will not bow to anybody.”
25 June 2022, 18:00 PM
The man who steered Padma Bridge project through tough times
One afternoon in October 2011, Md Shafiqul Islam, then an additional chief engineer at the Roads and Highways Department, was tensely pacing the corridors of the erstwhile communications ministry, contemplating joining the Padma bridge project.
25 June 2022, 02:30 AM
A new dawn for Bangladesh
There are some epic moments that make a nation proud.
25 June 2022, 02:00 AM
Massive shot in railway’s arm
Thanks to the opening of the Padma bridge today, the people and businesses in south-western regions of Bangladesh will finally have road access to the rest of the country.
24 June 2022, 18:00 PM
Padma Bridge: A leap for Asian connectivity
This is a dream bridge which will not only establish the long-awaited direct road and rail communications between the capital and south-western parts of Bangladesh but also contribute to greater connectivity and trade among Asian countries.
24 June 2022, 02:00 AM
Nat’l highways should be off limits to bikes
Motorcycles should be banned on national highways to reduce the number of accidents, recommended a committee that was formed by the government to probe road crashes.
19 June 2022, 18:00 PM
All set for grand opening
No truck or covered van would be allowed to operate on highways connected to the Padma Bridge -- from the morning of June 24 to that of June 26 -- to facilitate the inauguration of the Bridge on June 25.
19 June 2022, 18:00 PM
Communication with Sylhet: Air, rail gone, road too may go soon
With the air communications already snapped, Sylhet got disconnected from the rest of the country by rail yesterday. The divisional district is now at risk of getting isolated by road within a day or two if the flood situation deteriorates further.
18 June 2022, 18:00 PM
Bus operators expanding services in southwest
Bus operators -- both private and state-run -- are going to expand their services in the south-western region, following the inauguration of Padma Bridge on June 25.
16 June 2022, 18:00 PM
2,100km roads in need of repair
Although the Roads and Highways Department continued to improve its roads across the country, around 2,100km -- 10.36 percent of all surveyed roads -- are still in “poor, bad or very bad” condition, says an RHD survey.
15 June 2022, 18:00 PM
Tk 2,000cr needed for new rail link
Bangladesh Railway (BR) will have to spend over Tk 2,000 crore to build a rail line from Darshana to Meherpur via Mujibnagar, the historic place where the first Bangladesh government took oath in 1971.
14 June 2022, 18:00 PM