Tuhin Shubhra Adhikary

After initial delay, half of the 10 first track mega projects have finally gotten some momentum, ushering hope for positive change in the country’s economy and people’s livelihood.

Rail-related fatalities are on the rise as over 80 percent level crossings, authorised and unauthorised, in the country are unprotected.

Three major streets in the capital are off limits to rickshaws from today with experts saying the “hasty” move without any alternative arrangements is all set to put many commuters in trouble.

Around 25 percent roads under the Roads and Highways Department (RHD) across the country are in “poor, bad or very bad” condition, and fixing those would require Tk 10,679 crore in the current fiscal year, an RHD survey has found.

His contribution to the society was immense. From healthcare to education, all the work he did in his lifetime was solely for a benevolent purpose.

India is positive about Bangladesh’s proposal seeking 20 railway engines from them, according to a delegation led by the Ministry of Railways that held meetings with their Indian counterparts last week.

With an aim to reduce the gap between the numbers of motorbikes on the road and rider licence holders, having at least a learner’s licence has been made mandatory for buying a bike.

The government has set July 1 to start registration of ride-sharing service providers, 17 months after the formulation of the guidelines.

Amid growing number of road accidents involving slow-moving vehicles on highways, the government has decided to formulate a guideline to control movement of these vehicles.

In 2010, the government decided to construct a 128-kilometre (km) metre gauge rail track to link Chattogram with tourist town Cox’s Bazar at a cost of Tk 1,852.35 crore.

Truckers overloading their vehicles and getting on Bailey bridges is causing frequent collapse of the temporary structures, some of which are decades old.

The government is planning to allocate Tk 100 crore to rehabilitate the victims of river erosion across the country.

With his seven-month-old nephew on his lap, Mohammad Shohag, along with his siblings, was seen waiting at the Kamalapur Railway Station to catch the Nilphamari-bound Nilsagar Express.

With every Eid comes a concern: How to get home? Almost every time, the holidaymakers go through nightmarish experience on highways, thanks to traffic jams caused by poor road conditions and traffic management.

Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) has failed to meet four deadlines to prepare the draft of the rules for the Road Transport Act-2018, halting implementation of the law.

Apart from thousands of unregistered vessels, nearly half the registered ones ply the country’s inland waterways without the mandatory annual fitness licences.

Two more bridges on the Meghna and Gumti rivers are all set to open to traffic next week.

With 72 percent locomotives of Bangladesh Railway already crossing their economic life, the government considers hiring locomotives from India for the first time to help the railway overcome the crisis.

Bangladesh will observe the United Nations Global Road Safety Week this year for the first time aiming to raise awareness about road safety to prevent road accidents.

Fitness checks of all buses and trucks registered with BRTA Mirpur office are being done manually, as the only automated vehicle inspection system that had been working broke down three months ago.