Transport strike in Sylhet withdrawn

After three and a half hours of public suffering, the transport workers in Sylhet have finally lifted their strike tonight (September 22, 2022).
22 September 2022, 15:48 PM

Commuters suffer as bus strike underway on Barguna-Dhaka route

An indefinite transport strike was imposed on the Barguna-Dhaka route from this (September 19, 2022) morning, causing immense suffering to the commuters.
19 September 2022, 17:49 PM

A bad day to catch a flight

Mizan Khandaker, a patient with temporary vision loss in one eye, managed to get a doctor’s appointment at a Chennai hospital. He along with his wife left their Banasree home at 10:00am yesterday to catch the 2:45pm flight to India from Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport.
14 September 2022, 18:00 PM

Gazipur road widening: Compensation unpaid, yet work resumes

The Gazipur City Corporation has resumed widening streets and construction of drains and footpaths without compensating those who lost land for the development work.
14 September 2022, 02:40 AM

Transport workers' strike postponed in Sylhet

After hours of sufferings of the commuters, transport workers have postponed their indefinite strike till October 15 after a meeting with the administration this evening.
13 September 2022, 20:45 PM

Depression in Bay: Rains flood low-lying areas of Patuakhali

The low-lying areas of ​​Patuakhali have been submerged as water entered by breaking embankments at different places due to heavy rain and tidal surges.
13 September 2022, 18:00 PM

Bus service suspended in Faridpur after plain-clothes police beat up drivers, supervisor

Protesting the beating up of two bus drivers and a supervisor of a bus by plain-clothes policemen, bus workers have suspended the movement of bus service on all routes from Faridpur since this afternoon (September 13, 2022).
13 September 2022, 17:22 PM

“Tk 182cr collected per day in extra fares from Dhaka’s public transport passengers”

Jatri Kalyan Samity today (September 13, 2022) alleged that passengers of public transport in Dhaka are paying an overall Tk 182.42 crore in extra fares every day.
13 September 2022, 15:20 PM

Sylhet transport workers go on indefinite strike

Transport workers of Sylhet district went on an indefinite strike this morning (September 13, 2022) to press home their five-point demands.
13 September 2022, 05:00 AM

Indo-Bangladesh transshipment: 4-lane Cumilla-B’baria highway on cards

The government is taking up a fresh Tk 7,188 crore project to build a four-lane highway from Cumilla to Brahmanbaria that would improve connectivity between the port city and Sylhet and also make the transshipment arrangements with India more practicable.
13 September 2022, 02:20 AM

Ctg elevated expressway: Cost likely to escalate, wait to lengthen

The cost of the already delayed elevated expressway project in Chattogram city is likely to rise by Tk 1,048 crore and the deadline extended by two more years as a proposal in this regard is set to be placed before an Ecnec meeting today.
13 September 2022, 02:00 AM

Broken Bridge: A death trap for commuters

A large portion of the deck of a concrete bridge over a canal on Hatfadilpur-Nityanandapur road in Shailakupa upazila has remained unrepaired for over eight years, causing enormous sufferings to the people of 15 villages.
12 September 2022, 18:00 PM

Flammable materials to be prohibited in Karnaphuli tunnel

Scanners will be installed at both ends of the Karnaphuli tunnel in Chattogram to make sure that vehicles carrying flammable goods cannot use the underwater structure.
12 September 2022, 02:40 AM

BRT construction work resumes

Construction work of Bus Rapid Transit Line-3 Project resumed yesterday, after a girder segment fell on a car on August 15 killing five people that prompted the authorities to suspend work.
11 September 2022, 18:00 PM

Smart card, free ride, special concession

Dhaka Transport Coordination Authority (DTCA) spelled out the details and conditions regarding metro rail fare in a circular yesterday.
8 September 2022, 18:00 PM

BR again seeks locomotives from India

With 67 percent of the locomotives of Bangladesh Railway (BR) past their economic life, the state-run agency has turned to India for the second time in less than four years to mitigate its engine crisis.
7 September 2022, 18:00 PM

Made in China, repaired in Bangladesh

In 2013, the government imported 20 sets of DEMU (diesel–electric multiple unit) trains from China’s Tangshan Railway Vehicle Company Limited.
7 September 2022, 18:00 PM

Tk 3 per km

The National Committee to Protect Shipping, Roads, and Railways (NCPSRR) yesterday demanded that the government cut the metro rail fare by 50 percent.
7 September 2022, 18:00 PM

Bike ban to stay: Quader

Right now, the government has no plans to allow motorbikes to ply the Padma Bridge, due to safety reasons, said Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader yesterday.
7 September 2022, 18:00 PM

Cut metro rail fare by 50%: Committee to protect roads, railways

The National Committee to Protect Shipping, Roads and Railways (NCPSRR) has urged the government to reduce the fare of metro rail in Dhaka city by 50%.
7 September 2022, 11:07 AM