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Bangladesh
Patuakhali-Dhaka route: Navigability crisis disrupts launch movement
9 March 2026, 06:20 AM
Transport
Fuel prices not increasing before Eid: Transport minister
8 March 2026, 19:40 PM
Transport
Dhaka-Sylhet Highway: Land acquisition delays threaten project timeline
6 March 2026, 02:40 AM
Transport
Eid journey: Slow progress on Elenga flyover threatens severe congestion
6 March 2026, 02:24 AM
Transport
34 flights cancelled today at Dhaka airport amid Middle East airspace closures; 210 in six days
5 March 2026, 10:31 AM
Transport
US-Bangla to operate special flights on Dhaka-Dubai route
4 March 2026, 01:49 AM
Middle East
147 flights cancelled at Dhaka airport amid Middle East airspace closures
3 March 2026, 13:19 PM
Transport
Govt cancels contractual appointment of DMTCL MD
3 March 2026, 11:52 AM
Transport
Seven flights cancelled at Ctg airport as Middle East airfields remain shut
3 March 2026, 11:32 AM
Bangladesh
Pharmaceutical company workers block Dhaka-Tangail highway for over 4hrs
Workers of a pharmaceutical company today blocked Dhaka-Tangail highway for four and a half hours with a 21-point demand, including salary increases, job regularisation, and two-day weekly holiday
31 August 2024, 05:06 AM
Rickshaws ruling Dhaka streets amid police inaction
Traffic constables said they no longer stop anyone because they want to avoid the hassles they faced before and after August 5.
29 August 2024, 12:42 PM
15km tailback on Dhaka-Ctg highway
Hundreds of passengers have been suffering delays due to a 15-kilometre-long tailback on the Dhaka-Chattogram highway that started this morning
28 August 2024, 05:14 AM
Vehicular movement resumes on Dhaka-Ctg highway
However, vehicular movement remains slow as floodwaters caused significant damage to the road's Feni portion
26 August 2024, 13:30 PM
Ctg-Dhaka highway: Vehicles plying Dhaka-bound lane as floodwater recedes
Vehicular movement on the Chattogram-Dhaka highway partially resumed this morning, after four days of disruption, as floodwater started to recede from the road
25 August 2024, 07:46 AM
Metro rail service resumes after over a month
Operations resumed at 7:10am from Uttara end and everything is okay so far, MAN Siddique, the managing director of Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited, told The Daily Star
25 August 2024, 02:59 AM
Metro service resumes today after over a month
The metro rail is set to resume its service today, over a month of suspension following attacks during the recent mass student protests.
24 August 2024, 18:00 PM
Metro rail service to resume tomorrow after a month
Mirpur-10 and Kazipara stations will remain closed
24 August 2024, 07:57 AM
Airlines asked to re-issue free tickets for passengers from flood-affected areas
Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh has given instruction to all foreign and local airlines, operating to and from Dhaka, to re-issue or re-book air tickets at a later date free of charge for passengers who have missed their flights due to ongoing devastating flood in the country
24 August 2024, 06:58 AM
Dhaka-Sylhet train services resume after two days
Train operations on the Dhaka-Sylhet route resumed today after a brief halt from Thursday due to flash floods
24 August 2024, 05:50 AM
Irregularities in train ticket prices: Passengers protest on Gazipur tracks
Train movement on Dhaka-Mymensingh route disrupted
22 August 2024, 06:20 AM
Elevated expressway: Mohakhali ramp opens after a month
The authorities opened one of the five tollbooths at the ramp around noon, said Captain (retd) Hasib Hasan Khan, manager (operations and maintenance) of First Dhaka Elevated Expressway Company Ltd (FDEE)
22 August 2024, 06:07 AM
Govt hopeful of resuming metro rail services on Sunday
The metro rail authority is hopeful of starting operations from Sunday after the employees of the popular transit service, who were on work abstention since August 6, have joined work today
20 August 2024, 08:15 AM
Metro rail employees rejoin work after 2 weeks’ abstention
Operations of metro rail have been suspended since July 18 after two stations were vandalised during the quota protests
20 August 2024, 05:08 AM
Three task forces to be formed to improve rail services
Says railways adviser Muhammad Fouzul Kabir Khan at his first meeting
19 August 2024, 12:23 PM
Gatekeepers of level crossings withdraw protest
Temporary gatekeepers of level crossings have withdrawn their protest programme last night after the railway authorities assured them of regularising their jobs
18 August 2024, 15:34 PM
Metro rail services to resume in 7 days: adviser Fauzul
Road Transport and Bridges Adviser Muhammad Fauzul Kabir Khan today said it would take a maximum of seven days to resume the metro rail service
18 August 2024, 09:18 AM
Metro service resumption: Work abstention behind the delay
Uncertainty looms over metro rail service resumption as a group of its employees vowed to continue their work abstention until all six of their demands are met.
17 August 2024, 18:00 PM
Metro rail services resumption: Work abstention behind the delay
Uncertainty looms over metro rail service resumption as a group of metro rail employees vowed to continue their work abstention until all six of their demands are met
17 August 2024, 15:19 PM
Dhaka-Mymensingh rail link restored after 7 hours
Train service on Dhaka-Mymensingh route resumed early today after seven hours of suspension following derailment of Padma Express in Gazipur
17 August 2024, 07:17 AM