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).

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Dhaka Transport Coordination Authority (DTCA) spelled out the details and conditions regarding metro rail fare in a circular yesterday.

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.

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

The National Committee to Protect Shipping, Roads, and Railways (NCPSRR) yesterday demanded that the government cut the metro rail fare by 50 percent.

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.

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%.

The government has set the metro rail fare at Tk 5 per kilometre.

Toyota Bangladesh has recalled some models of cars for replacing the inflator for the passenger airbags free of charge, according to a notice issued yesterday.

The bus route rationalisation committee has set October 13 as the fresh deadline to introduce new buses on two routes in Dhaka, under Nagar Paribahan service, as it missed the target date, September 1.

Missing its September 1 deadline, the Bus Route Rationalisation Committee has set up a fresh deadline to introduce 200 new buses on two routes from  October 13 and another route from November 30.

The implementing authority of the BRT Line-3 has so far spent Tk 5.57 crore for ensuring safety at the project site, but it has failed to do so. The deaths of five people last month are a testament to the failure.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today (September 4, 2022) said her government has been developing a modern transport system by implementation of different projects to accelerate the country’s economic growth.