App-based drivers’ union of Bangladesh, a platform of drivers providing ride sharing services, will go on work abstention tomorrow to press home their six-point demand.

Bangladesh Railway (BR) today signed a contract with an Indian joint venture firm for preparatory work on Sirajganj-Bogura Rail Link Project.

A group of owners and workers of goods-carrying vehicles, who had vowed to go on a 48-hour work abstention from tomorrow, withdrew their programme following a meeting with the home minister today.

Railways Minister Nurul Islam Sujan yesterday opened a 24-kilometre dual-gauge double-line from Laksham to Cumilla for train operation.

Dhaka-Ashulia Elevated Expressway, the second such expressway centring Dhaka, will be open to public in June 2026, Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader said yesterday.

Railways Minister Nurul Islam Sujan today opened a 24-kilometre dual-gauge double-line from Laksham to Cumilla for train operation.

Dhaka-Ashulia Elevated Expressway, which is expected to facilitate quick entry and exit of vehicles to and from Dhaka, will come into operation in June 2026, said Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader.

A project to acquire land and relocate utility service lines for expanding the Dhaka-Sylhet-Tamabil highway is likely to be delayed by two and a half years and cost double, according to the latest revision proposal of the project.

A group of owners and workers of goods-carrying vehicles yesterday vowed to go for a 48-hour work abstention from September 27 if the government does not meet their 10-point demand within September 26.

A group of owners and workers of goods-carrying vehicles today vowed to go for a 48-hour work abstention from September 27 if the government does not meet their 10-point demand within September 26.

The under-construction rail line between Chattogram and Cox’s Bazar would be opened by December next year, said Railways Minister Nurul Islam Sujan yesterday. Project documents, however, tell a different story.

The group of owners and workers of goods transport, who have been enforcing a 72-hour strike from Tuesday, withdrew their programme yesterday.

A new rail route from Chattogram’s Dohazari to Cox’s Bazar will open on December 16 the next year, Railways Minister Nurul Islam Sujan said today.

Chittagong Prime Mover, Trailer Workers' Union withdrew their strike at the port this afternoon.

The group of owners and workers of goods transport, who have been enforcing a 72-hour strike from yesterday, has withdrawn their programme today.

A feud between two major factions of road transport owners and workers has led to calling of two separate strikes of goods-laden vehicles in the span of a week.

Train services on Dhaka-Chattogram route remain suspended after a freight train derailed in Tongi, Gazipur this morning.

A large portion of a paved road in Paishka union under Dhanbari upazila has gone to the riverbed, disrupting communication and causing sufferings of the people.

Highway police seized at least 150 three-wheelers, including CNG-run auto-rickshaws and battery-run easy-bikes, from Dhaka-Chattogram and Dhaka-Sylhet highways in Narayanganj today.

Ever since schools started this week, Jayeeta Talukdar, a tenth-grader at Chattogram city’s Dr Khastagir Government Girls’ High School, has found it difficult to get to school in jam-packed public vehicles during rush hour.