Tuhin Shubhra Adhikary

Discussions on the much-talked about sub-regional connectivity initiative -- BBIN Motor Vehicle Agreement (MVA) -- are going to resume after around two years.

Bangladesh Railway has expressed serious reservations about a move to extend a metrorail line up to Kamalapur Railway Station, saying it will jeopardise its mega plan to turn the country’s prime railway station into a multimodal transport hub.

Giving in to the pressure from transport associations, the government has waived the late fines for vehicle owners and drivers who failed to update their documents on time.

When the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority introduced what is popularly known as digital number plate in 2012, it made promises of gaining the ability to track vehicles that have been stolen or used in criminal activities.

The Roads and Highways Department (RHD) is going to conduct a survey for assessing necessary infrastructure that would be required to start collecting tolls on the four-lane highways across the country.

The cost of land acquisition for the Padma Bridge Rail Link Project is set to go up by Tk 780 crore, which is likely to escalate the project costs.

The government is going to build the country’s longest bridge over the Tentulia river to connect island district Bhola with Barishal.

The number of vehicles registered in Dhaka declined last year for the first time since 2013.

The project cost of building a rail bridge over the Jamuna river has increased by Tk 3,216 crore even before the start of physical work.

From now on, Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) will issue fitness clearance to cars, SUVs and microbuses for two years, instead of one -- much to the relief of owners.

The authorities will finally start investigating the purchase of “faulty” buses and trucks from Indian manufacturers for the Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation.

Mohammad Ali has finally been removed from the post of prosecutor at the International Crimes Tribunal yesterday, almost four years after he was suspended over professional misconduct.

How long does it take to get from Dhaka to Chittagong by train? Around six hours, one would say. You could add an extra couple of hours, if a delay arises.

To stop haphazard parking of vehicles, reduce traffic congestion and bringing discipline on roads in the capital and its adjacent areas, the government is going to enact a parking policy.

While the government plans to restore Shuvadya Canal in Keraniganj with a Tk 1,200 crore project, one of its own departments appeared to be a major obstacle.

Installation of the first rail lines on elevated viaducts will begin next week, with the first one being fixed at the depot area in the capital’s Uttara.

The row over giving vertical clearance to several railway bridges between Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) and Bangladesh Railway (BR) has now reached the Cabinet Division.

To help patients get ambulances at low fares, the government is going to waive toll for all private ambulances on roads, ferries, and bridges under the Roads and Highways Department.

The Minimum Wage Board has submitted a draft report to the government, proposing a 62 percent hike in the minimum wages of staffers and workers of the private road transport sector.

“…Then after dark, a tentative ‘Joy Bangla’ in the back streets. Older men came out and persuaded the lads back into their homes; ‘there is still a curfew’. Then a more determined ‘Joy Bangla’. The Mukti Bahini had taken over the streets.