While registration of vehicles saw a sharp rise over the last fiscal year, the number of fitness clearances has dropped to a seven-year low, raising further concerns over road safety.

Despite a sharp rise in vehicle registration in the last fiscal year, the number of vehicles seeking fitness clearance has dropped to a seven-year low during this period, raising serious concerns over road safety.

The government is likely to simultaneously open 100 new bridges at the end of this month, giving a big boost to the country’s road network.

Sylhet divisional unit of Truck-Pick-up-Covered van Owners Oikkya Parishad has called for a 48-hour freight transport strike from October 31 demanding the resumption of stone extraction from quarries.

Civil works of the country’s first underground metro rail will start in December this year, after a two-year delay.

The Chinese company found responsible for the accident at the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Line-3 project would not be allowed to work in Bangladesh after completion of the project.

CCTV cameras were installed in 100 buses under four transport companies in Dhaka city today to ensure women’s safety in public transport.

The section 25 of ‍Road Transport Act-2018 clearly states that operation of unfit and rundown vehicles is a punishable offence and one may face up to six-month jail or Tk 25,000 fine or both.

The Dhaka-Tongi-Joydebpur railway expansion project is a glaring example of how poor planning, bad decisions and lack of coordination among different government agencies result in huge waste of public money.

Despite ongoing drives against unauthorised buses, more than 1,600 such buses are being operated in the city, Dhaka South City Corporation Mayor Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh said yesterday.

Buses of Nagar Paribahan, under the route rationalisation project, were launched on two new routes in Dhaka today (October 13, 2022) – aiming to streamline the public transport sector and reduce traffic jam in the city.

Nine years behind schedule and costing 61 percent more, the Third Shitalakkhya Bridge is finally going to be opened to the public tomorrow.

Despite the opening of the Padma Bridge and the Madhumati Bridge, the country will not be able to reap the maximum benefit of the enhanced connectivity as the 129km road from Faridpur’s Bhanga to Jashore’s Benapole is still not ready for increased vehicular movement.

Two more major roadway bridges -- believed to be boosting the internal communication of the region and beyond -- are going to be opened to the public on Monday.

The Mass Rapid Transit Line-2 project, another metro rail line to be laid out from Gabtoli to Chittagong Road on Dhaka-Chattogram Highway, faces a setback with the authorities now seeking to change the way it would be financed and implemented.

Those who travel by train between Dhaka and northern or southern districts of the country have to prepare for an ordeal when they reach a century-old rail bridge in Pabna’s Bhangura upazila.

Buses and trucks from Rajbari and surrounding districts use the Joukura ferry terminal every day to cross the Padma. In 2021, one Mostafizur Rahman Sharif got the lease of this ghat for three years from the Roads and Highway Department (RHD).

Commuters have been suffering immensely since this morning (September 28, 2022) due to a 20-km tailback on the Dhaka-Chattogram highway in Gauripur area of Cumilla for repair works on the highway.

A compartment of a freight train derailed in Gazipur’s Tongi this morning.

Bangladesh is going to start exporting goods to India by train for the first time in what is billed by many as a major boost to cross-border trade.