Supply of fuel remains suspended in 14 districts of greater Khulna and Faridpur as tank-lorry owners enforced a 24-hour strike demanding an increase in commission on selling fuel and tank lorry fare.

The authorities have increased bus fares by up to 22 percent, a move that will affect the people of low- and middle-income groups.

Bike riders of ride-sharing platforms have been facing trouble due to a shortage of passengers, following the hike in fuel prices, which came into effect yesterday.

Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity has demanded the government immediately repeal its decision of hiking fuel prices to ease the already-existing sufferings of the people created by the price hikes of essentials.

The authorities have increased bus fare up to 22 percent.

A government committee today (August 6) convened a meeting to readjust bus fares following the government’s decision last night to increase prices of fuel.

As a government committee will sit today (August 6, 2022) for re-fixing the bus fare, transport owners have demanded to consider not only the fuel price hike but also the increase in the prices of spare parts.

Commuters have been facing transport crisis today (August 6, 2022) as presence of buses was low on Dhaka streets following the sudden increase in the price of all kinds of fuel oil.

A government committee will sit today (August 6, 2022) to re-fix bus fare -- a day after the fuel prices were hiked by up to 51.7 percent.

Thousands of commuters faced inconvenience as buses remain off the roads in the Chattogram city today (August 6, 2022), following a sudden strike by transport owners in protest against the fuel price hike.

Chittogram Metropolitan Transport Owners' Association has announced that the public transportation service in Chattogram city will remain suspended from this (August 6, 2022) morning until the government re-fixes the fares to adjust to the fuel price hike.

More than 400 passengers have been rescued from a ferry that ran aground at a shoal in the Meghna river in Chandpur, officials said today (August 3, 2022).

For the first time since the start of the Russia-Ukraine war, a Russian ship carrying machineries for Rooppur nuclear power plant arrived at the Mongla deep sea port today (August 1, 2022).

The loco master, assistant loco master, and guard of a Chittagong University shuttle train were released four hours after their abduction.

The guard, loco master and assistant loco master of the shuttle train operating on the Chittagong University route have been abducted.

The railway authorities have resumed negotiations with the Chinese company selected for the expansion of the Akhaura-Sylhet rail line, after the process was halted for a year over contract price.

The locomotive driver of the Mahanagar Prabhati train, which hit a microbus on Friday morning killing 11, said he had no time to pull the brakes.

The number of accidents and deaths at level crossings saw a sharp rise this year as over 80 percent of the crossings under the country’s railway network remain either unauthorised or unmanned, says Road Safety Foundation.

A 40-feet long bridge constructed by Disaster Management Division at a cost of Tk 30,77,656 that collapsed in Borobhita union under Phulbari upazila of Kurigram before it was even inaugurated, has not been repaired even after four years.

Four years ago today, two students were killed when a bus, competing with another to get passengers, ploughed into a crowd.