Passengers of Patuakhali are bearing the brunt as bus services in the district were suspended this morning (November 4, 2022) ahead of BNP’s divisional rally in Barishal tomorrow.

Bus owners’ association has announced closure of all types of passenger buses in Patuakhali and Barguna for two days from tomorrow (November 4, 2022).

Launch and speedboat operations on Barishal-Bhola route have been suspended ahead of BNP's divisional rally slated for Saturday (November 5, 2022).    

The government, for the first time in the country, is going to develop a strategy and action plan for post-crash response care  for road crash victims.

Road Transport and Highways Division Secretary ABM Amin Ullah Nuri has requested the people with eye problems not to drive their vehicles on the road.

The fish and vegetable markets in Sylhet have become unstable due to the ongoing 48-hour goods transport strike in the area.

Panchagarh is home to some 11.79 lakh people, representing 0.71 percent of Bangladesh’s population, according to the recently published census.

Railway Minister Nurul Islam Sujan told the parliament today (October 31, 2022) that intelligence surveillance for railways has stepped up as part of enhancing the security of the trains and passengers.

Three-wheeler workers in Barishal have called a strike on November 4 and 5 demanding authorities to allow their vehicles on the highway.

The metro rail authorities will sign an agreement with BRTC on Wednesday to provide shuttle bus services to metro rail passengers as the country’s first metro rail service is going to be in operation partially from December, with 10 sets of trains.

Just a day ahead of the BNP rally in Rangpur, the district transport owners’ association called for a 36-hour strike on Friday saying that they were protesting against the battery-run three-wheelers on the highways.

The highways and roads of Rangpur are now crowded with the three-wheelers, including battery-run auto-rickshaws, when transport owners are observing strike “to ban” these small vehicles ahead of BNP’s rally in the city today (October 29, 2022).

Travellers suffered a lot due to the bus strike called by Rangpur Motor Malik Samity a day before BNP’s rally in the divisional city.

Rail communications of Chattogram with Dhaka and Sylhet remained suspended for nearly one hour this afternoon (October 28, 2022) as two trains entered the same line from the same direction at Akhaura Railway Junction Station in Brahmanbaria.

Commuters, especially patients of Gaibandha, who need to go to Rangpur Medical College Hospital for treatments, have been facing immense suffering following the ongoing two-day bus strike in Rangpur a day before BNP's rally.

With the capital’s Airport Road becoming a headache for regular commuters as terrible traffic jam paralyses it every day, a parliamentary body has asked the authorities concerned to take necessary steps to keep this road free of congestion or introduce a diversion road to prevent harassment of air passengers.

The movement of inbound buses to Rangpur virtually stopped this evening (October 27, 2022), 12 hours before the bus strike called by local transport owners starting tomorrow at 6:00am.

Bus owners have called for a strike on all routes going in and out of Barishal for November 4 and 5, ahead of a BNP rally in the city’s Bangabandhu Udyan.

During its fourth meeting in February this year, a taskforce -- formed to bring down road crashes and bring discipline in the transport sector -- decided to form a committee to fix the economic service life of commercial vehicles, meaning for how many years they can be used.

Bus owners have threatened to enforce a two-day-long transport strike before the BNP rally in Barishal.