The Padma Bridge authorities have collected Tk 4,89,94,700 in tolls in 24 hours till midnight last night, the highest daily tally since the structure opened to traffic on June 26, 2022

A total of 18,733 vehicles crossed Padma Bridge in the first eight hours today as people leave Dhaka for the southern districts ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr.

A long tailback on the Dhaka-Tangail-Bangabandhu Bridge Highway, specially from Elenga to Bangabandhu Bridge, has caused immense suffering to thousands of homebound people ahead of the Eid-ul-Fitr

People heading to the northern part of the country to celebrate the upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr at their village homes have been experiencing a relatively hassle-free journey this year, thanks to the authorities concerned for their timely taken initiatives.

Institute for Planning and Development (IPD), a planning and development research and policy analysis organisation, have strongly opposed the National Board of Revenue’s (NBR) proposal to implement VAT on the metro rail from next July.

The numbers of road accidents and deaths saw a sharp rise in the first three months of this year compared to the corresponding period last year. Experts blamed the spike on the authorities’ failure to implement specific measures and a lack of commitment to ensure road safety.

The special services will run for three consecutive days on the Joydevpur-Parbatipur route

The government in September 2016 approved a project to turn a 190km two-lane road from Elenga to Rangpur into a four-lane highway with the view to boosting connectivity between the capital and the northern region.

Aviation Dhaka Consortium (ADC), contractor of the terminal, failed to complete the works within the contract deadline, which ended yesterday, said a top official of the project.

There was no significant congestion reported on any of the country's major highways

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader today assured the Eid holidaymakers that there will be no traffic congestion on highways this time

The Roads and Highways Department is implementing most of its projects to turn two-lane highways into four-lane ones without safety audits, which, according to experts, is a major compromise on road safety.

Sirajul Islam, a businessman from Dhaka’s Rayerbagh, was waiting for a BRTC bus in Fulbaria bus terminal area around 3:30pm yesterday. He would travel to Barishal with his wife and two sons.

Hundreds of people suffered today as a 10-kilometre-long tailback was created on the Dhaka-Chattogram highway following pressure of vehicles carrying Eid holidaymakers on the highway. 

Amid speculations regarding the imposition of a 15 percent VAT on metro rail’s ticket with effect from July 1, Road, Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader today said that they know nothing about the matter

Metro rail users will probably have to pay more as the National Board of Revenue is going to impose 15 percent VAT on the fare from July 1.

Highway Police Chief Md Shahabuddin today said they were going to deploy drones to monitor traffic flow on the roads prone to congestion and improve efficiency of law enforcers during the upcoming Eid exodus.

Metro rail authorities will ask the National Board of Revenue (NBR) to reconsider its decision to impose 15 percent VAT on metro rail fare from July 1

Noting the disproportionately high number of road accidents involving motorcycles in the country, Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Habibur Rahman requested all to refrain from using bikes for long-distance travel for Eid-ul-Fitr

The government has reduced bus fare by only 3 paisa per kilometre, a decision many found ridiculous and unimplementable.