Metro rail authorities will conduct a test run of the trains on the Agargaon-Motijheel section at 4:00pm tomorrow

Metro rail authorities will conduct a test run of the trains on the Agargoan-Motijheel section in a day or two (Friday or Saturday), according to officials.

The Dhaka-Aricha Highway may face long tailbacks and see a rise in road crashes if a metro rail line is built on the highway as proposed by the metro rail authorities, according to engineers of the Roads and Highways Department.

The work to expand the Sylhet-Tamabil highway to a four-lane one will finally start around three years after the project was approved, with the goal of improving the country’s intercity travel and cross-border connectivity.

The pressure of vehicles at the eastern end of the Bangabandhu bridge was decreasing around 3:00pm today

The Padma Bridge authorities have collected Tk 4,60,53,300 in tolls in 24 hours till midnight last night, the highest daily tally since the structure opened to traffic on June 26 last year

Daily toll collection on the Bangabandhu Bridge has hit a record high ahead of the Eid-ul-Azha

A 20-km tailback has formed on the Joydevpur-Elenga highway today mainly due to rush of traffic ahead of the Eid-ul-Azha

Vehicles got stuck on the flyover and road under it at Chandra on Dhaka-Rangpur highway

Braving rain, homegoers are rushing to celebrate Eid with their relatives in trucks and pickups, failing to avail seats in the long-route buses

Toll collection on the bridge was also hampered multiple times as a number of vehicles broke down or met accidents

Following a huge gridlock throughout last night on a 13-kilometre stretch on the Dhaka-Tangail highway, the traffic situation has eased in the morning

Association of Travel Agents of Bangladesh (ATAB) has appealed to the government to exempt the travel tax on performing umrah hajj, which was imposed in the proposed national budget for 2023-24 fiscal

Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) will introduce a hotline service for 24 hours from July to serve the passengers, CAAB Chairman Air Vice Marshal M Mafidur Rahman said today

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader today said the Padma Multipurpose Bridge collected around Tk 800 crore from tolls in the first year following its opening

The Nalka flyover in Sirajganj was opened for vehicles today to ease traffic congestion ahead of Eid-ul-Azha to be observed on June 29

The ongoing renovation work on Sitakunda section of Dhaka-Chattogram highway will remain suspended for 10 days to ensure smooth journey for Eid travelers

The West Zone of Bangladesh Railway has taken the arrangement of transporting cattle to Dhaka from Chapainawabganj and Rajshahi districts centring the Eid-ul-Azha at less cost

Taking the benefit of a 172-year-old law, thousands of vehicles carrying government officials are not paying tolls on roads and bridges under the Roads and Highways Department (RHD), costing the state a huge amount of revenue.

The metro rail route from Agargaon to Motijheel will be opened to public in October this year, said Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader.