Road Safety: Cops foil hunger strike by students

Police have foiled the hunger strike by agitating students demanding half fare at all public transport across the country and safe roads yesterday.
15 December 2021, 18:00 PM

HC orders to remove illegal easy-bikes

The High Court today directed the authorities concerned of the government to identify illegal three-wheeler easy-bikes plying across the country and to take necessary steps to remove them.
15 December 2021, 12:00 PM

Students with 9-point demand observing hunger strike in front of Secretariat

Students of various schools and colleges observed hunger strike in front of the Secretariat in Dhaka today, to press home their nine-point demand.
15 December 2021, 08:41 AM

Bridge tilts before inauguration awaits renovation

A concrete bridge, which titled before its inauguration more than four years ago, in Mymensingh Sadar upazila still remain unrepaired, causing suffering to thousands of people living in nearby villages.
14 December 2021, 18:00 PM

Faridpur-Magura Rail Link: Delayed start, result obvious

The government in May 2018 approved a project for constructing a rail line from Faridpur to Magura even before carrying out a feasibility study.
13 December 2021, 18:00 PM

People suffer as part of bridge collapse

A portion of a newly-constructed bridge on Naaldiga river in Netrakona’s Kalmakanda upazila has collapsed a few weeks ago, disrupting vehicular movement and causing sufferings to locals.
13 December 2021, 18:00 PM

Students reject govt gazette, want unconditional half bus fare

Students protesting for safe roads have said that the gazette notification on half bus fare was “unrealistic” and demanded half fare on all modes of public transport across the country without any condition.
13 December 2021, 13:18 PM

Metro Rail: Roll-out on Victory Day next year

The country’s first ever metro rail will go on its commercial operation in the Uttara-Agargaon section on December 16 -- the Victory Day -- next year.
12 December 2021, 18:00 PM

157 new buses to ply on Ghatarchar route

Eight owners and companies have shown interest to run 157 buses on the route from Ghatarchar to Kanchpur on a pilot basis which is scheduled to be inaugurated from December 26.
12 December 2021, 15:17 PM

Commercial operation of metro rail from Victory Day 2022

Country's first ever metro rail will start its commercial operation from December 16 next year.
12 December 2021, 05:14 AM

BR seeks funds from Russia for 5 projects

Bangladesh Railway has sought Russian funds in five projects that include Dhaka-Chattogram high-speed rail line project and the Bhanga-Payra rail line project.
11 December 2021, 18:00 PM

No justice, no compensation

All was going well for Shiuly Begum. A serene family life with her bus driver husband and four children, this was all that she had hoped for.
11 December 2021, 18:00 PM

Road Safety, Our Right

If the 11-point demand for safe roads and half fare for public transport is not met by December, tougher programmes will be announced from the first day of January, warned participants of the ongoing road safety movement.
11 December 2021, 18:00 PM

Panchagarh-Cox’s Bazar direct train on the cards: Railways minister

Direct train communication will be introduced between Panchagarh and Cox’s Bazar districts, said Railways Minister Md Nurul Islam Sujan last night.
11 December 2021, 08:08 AM

1,408 buses fined Tk 57.31 lakh for taking extra fares

Despite Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA)’s drive against charging extra bus fares in Dhaka and Chattogram city, many bus operators are still taking higher than the government fixed rate.
10 December 2021, 18:00 PM

We want safe road

Students of several schools and colleges yesterday continued their protests demanding safe roads, justice for victims of road crashes and half public transport fares for students all across the country.
9 December 2021, 18:00 PM

Metro Rail: Agargaon to Motijheel by Dec 2023

While metro rail operation from Uttara to Agargaon is scheduled to begin in December next year, people have to wait till December 2023 to use the metro to travel to and from Motijheel.
9 December 2021, 18:00 PM

Charging extra fare: 1,408 buses fined over Tk 57 lakh in a month

Bangladesh Road Transport Authority fined Tk 57,31,400 to 1,408 buses during a month-long drive against charging extra fares to passengers in Dhaka and Chattogram cities.
9 December 2021, 14:58 PM

Bridge collapses a year of construction

Nearly 16,000 people of different unions in Kurigram’s Roumari upazila have been experiencing untold sufferings since the concrete bridge on a canal in Charshoulmari Bazar collapsed only over a year of its construction.
8 December 2021, 18:00 PM

And the rage continues

The protests demanding safe roads are still raging on. Students from several schools and colleges of the capital were seen yesterday, carrying placards that stated many of their demands, aimed at ensuring  road safety and ending corruption and mismanagement in the transport  sector.
8 December 2021, 18:00 PM