Khulna fuel traders threaten strike from Sept 3

Fuel traders in Khulna threatened to go on an indefinite strike from September 3 if their three-point demand, including raising sales commission, is not met by August 31
24 August 2023, 06:04 AM

Derailment in Jashore snaps Khulna's rail link with rest of the country

Train communication of Khulna with the rest of the country has been suspended since this morning following the derailment of a freight train at Basundia Singiai under Jashore’s Sadar upazila..Gautam Biswas, executive engineer of Khulna region of the railway, confirmed the development to ou
24 August 2023, 05:32 AM

Barguna-Dhaka Route: Launch service suspended due to passenger crisis

Launch movement on the Barguna-Dhaka route has been halted due to an extreme shortage of passengers, as a result of the Padma Bridge. Due to the dwindling number of passengers, no launches have left for Dhaka from the Barguna Launch Ghat since Tuesday evening.
23 August 2023, 18:00 PM

Technical problem halts metro rail services for an hour

Metro rail services were suspended from 8:42am for an hour today due to a technical issue
21 August 2023, 04:13 AM

MRT Line-6: Agargaon-Motijheel part to open Oct 20

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will open the Agargaon-Motijheel section of the metro rail on October 20, bringing 20.10km of the entire MRT Line-6 into operation.
20 August 2023, 18:00 PM

Faridpur-Barishal Highway Expansion: Land acquisition cost likely to skyrocket

The Roads and Highways Department in October 2018 took up a project to acquire land and move utility lines for turning the Faridpur-Barishal-Patuakhali-Kuakata highway into a dual carriageway, but hardly any progress has been made in five years.
20 August 2023, 18:00 PM

Govt sets toll rate for Dhaka Elevated Expressway

The government has fixed the toll rates for vehicles to get on the Dhaka Elevated Expressway
20 August 2023, 06:56 AM

Metro rail: PM to open Agargaon-Motijheel section on October 20

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate the Agargaon-Motijheel section of metro rail on October 20
20 August 2023, 06:09 AM

Padma Bridge Rail Link: Test run of gang car on Dhaka-Mawa route ends

A test run of a gang car on the Dhaka-Mawa route of Padma Bridge Rail Link Project was completed yesterday.
19 August 2023, 18:00 PM

Padma Bridge Rail Link: Test run of gang car on Dhaka-Mawa route ends

A test run of a track car on the Dhaka-Mawa route of Padma Bridge Rail Link Project has been completed today
19 August 2023, 10:32 AM

Dhaka-Bhanga Rail Line: Likely to open in late Sept

Installation of rail lines from Dhaka to Bhanga will be completed next week and the authorities have sought time from the prime minister to inaugurate the section towards the end of September, officials said.
17 August 2023, 18:00 PM

Damaged bridge poses risk

An old bridge over a canal at Goloknagar village in Shailakupa upazila has been lying in an awful state for long, posing serious threat to it users.
17 August 2023, 18:00 PM

Unusable Bridge: Two decades on, still no approach roads

Several thousand people have been suffering immensely since a concrete bridge at Dilbarnagar village in Sreemangal upazila remains without approach roads for over two decades now.
16 August 2023, 18:00 PM

Elevated expressway to partially open Sept 2

The government yesterday announced the dates for the opening of two mega projects -- elevated expressway and underwater tunnel – among the dozen development projects to be opened in September and October.
14 August 2023, 18:00 PM

Road beside Banani graveyard to be off-limit to commute tomorrow

Vehicular movement will remain suspended tomorrow on the road No. 27, adjacent to the Banani graveyard in Gulshan on the occasion of the 48th death anniversary of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and National Mourning Day.
14 August 2023, 10:35 AM

Chattogram City: 51km roads badly damaged by floods

The floods and waterlogging triggered by heavy rain for the last few days have badly damaged nearly 51km of roads in the Chattogram City Corporation area, CCC Chief Engineer Rafikul Islam said yesterday.
13 August 2023, 18:00 PM

Traffic on Cox’s Bazar-Ctg highway back to normal

Traffic movement on the Chattogram-Cox’s Bazar highway returned to normal after two days last morning as flood water receded from the highway.
10 August 2023, 18:00 PM

Ctg-Cox’s Bazar rail line: Flood damages may delay project

The rail track in Satkania near Bandarban has been mostly affected
9 August 2023, 17:08 PM

Metro rail services resume after over two hours

Metro rail services resumed after over two hours of suspension due to a technical glitch in the overhead electric line
9 August 2023, 06:27 AM

People suffer as road condition awful

Thousands of people in Netrakona’s Kendua upazila have been suffering badly as the nine-kilometre-long Kendua-Mahmudpur road has become almost unfit for movement due to lack of repair for long.
8 August 2023, 18:00 PM