Commuters, patients suffer as transport, ambulance strikes underway in Dinajpur

Commuters and patients have been sufferings immensely due to separate strikes enforced by the transport workers and ambulance drivers in Dinajpur since this morning.
21 April 2022, 06:01 AM

Eid home rush: Nightmare awaits ferry passengers

An inadequate number of ferries and gridlocks on highways are likely to be causes of sufferings for Eid holidaymakers heading to the 21 southern districts via the Paturia-Daulatdia and Shimulia-Kathalbari routes.
20 April 2022, 18:00 PM

Congestion around Bangabandhu Bridge: Gridlocks await northbound Eid journey

Eid holidaymakers heading for northern districts might get caught in gridlocks on both sides of the Bangabandhu bridge due to the expansion work on a 25km stretch of the Elenga-Rangpur highway.
19 April 2022, 18:00 PM

Metrorail: Emergency drill conducted for passengers’ safety

Metrorail authorities have installed special buttons in each carriage of the trains to better deal with emergencies and ensure passengers’ safety.
19 April 2022, 18:00 PM

Abductors in guise of transport provider

The gang would wait patiently with its car in a crowded spot of Dhaka or adjacent areas. It offered people to drop them off at their destination for a fare. And it worked.
19 April 2022, 18:00 PM

Padma Bridge may open to public in June

The Padma Multipurpose Bridge Authority has said the country’s biggest bridge is likely to be opened for traffic in June this year as they have already completed 92 percent of its construction works till now.
18 April 2022, 18:00 PM

Forecast: a bumpy ride

Transport experts have warned that there could be a dreadful situation on roads if traffic movement is not properly managed during the rush of people travelling to their home towns before the Eid.
17 April 2022, 18:00 PM

Take measures to reduce traffic jam, road accidents: Jatri Kalyan Samity

Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity has demanded effective measures to reduce unbearable traffic congestion, harassment of commuters on the roads, and road accidents during the upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr journey.
17 April 2022, 10:36 AM

Eid journey: Advance bus ticket sale begins

Private bus operators yesterday started selling tickets to those who would go to their hometowns for the Eid.
15 April 2022, 18:00 PM

Advance Eid sale of bus tickets begins

Private bus operators started selling advance tickets from this morning for home-goers ahead of the Eid-ul-Fitr.
15 April 2022, 09:24 AM

Passenger pressure to increase on waterways this Eid: State Minister Khalid

The pressure on various waterways, including the Paturia-Daulatdia waterway, will increase before and after Eid-ul-Fitr this year, said State Minister for Shipping Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury.
14 April 2022, 09:32 AM

An awful day for train passengers

Thousands of passengers suffered immensely, as operation of trains across the country remained suspended for around eight hours from early yesterday.
13 April 2022, 18:00 PM

Train operations resume

Train operations have resumed as the Sylhet-bound Parabat Express left Dhaka’s Kamalapur Railway Station at 1:35pm today.
13 April 2022, 07:49 AM

Passengers suffer as train operations suspended all over Bangladesh

Passengers are suffering as running staffers, including locomasters, of Bangladesh Railway suspended all train operations around the country early today without any prior announcement -- demanding increased allowances and retirement benefits.
13 April 2022, 05:52 AM

Demands will be met, resume train operations: Railways Minister to running staffers

Running staffers, including locomasters, of Bangladesh Railway suspended all train operations around the country early today in order to press home their demands of increased allowances and retirement benefits.
13 April 2022, 03:01 AM

NID may be required for advance Eid train tickets

The Bangladesh Railway is likely to make the National Identity Card or any other valid identity card mandatory for buying advance train tickets – the sales of which will begin on April 23 – ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr.
11 April 2022, 18:00 PM

‘All the roads need is a bit of discipline’

It is still possible to significantly reduce Dhaka’s traffic congestion with the existing road network, by just bringing discipline in the transport sector, said Ilias Kanchan, chairperson of road-safety organisation Nirapad Sarak Chai.
11 April 2022, 18:00 PM

Eid-ul-Fitr 2022: Advance train ticket sale from April 23

Bangladesh Railway (BR) will start selling advance train tickets from April 23 -- ahead of the Eid-ul-Fitr.
11 April 2022, 12:13 PM

Fixing fare for Dhaka metro rail: No decision yet

Fare for the much-awaited metro rail service -- which is expected to be introduced in Dhaka in December this year -- has not yet been fixed even though a committee in this regard was formed more than a year and half ago.
10 April 2022, 18:00 PM

NID must for buying launch tickets during Eid: State Minister

Without a copy of National Identity (NID) card, launch tickets will not be sold before Eid-ul-Fitr, State Minister for Shipping Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury said today.
10 April 2022, 08:59 AM