Bangladesh Railway (BR) has decided to carry out feasibility study on another railway route to explore whether electric train services can be introduced there.

Since Friday morning, navigation on Galachipa-Dhaka river route has remained suspended for constructing a bridge over Lohalia river, adjacent to Patuakhali town.

The government is going to formulate a new law to regulate bus service using the franchise system, which is expected to bring discipline in Dhaka’s public transport sector.

Instead of focusing on infrastructure development projects, authorities should optimise the use of roads and public transport to reduce traffic congestion in the capital, said urban planners yesterday.

The Bangladesh Bridge Authority hired a South Koran-Bangladesh joint venture (JV) firm to build a major bridge over the Payra in Patuakhali.

After inaugurating the Ghatarchar-Kanchpur bus route -- with 50 buses operating under one company -- on December 26 last year, the bus route rationalisation committee yesterday decided to run 225 new buses on three routes.

Dhaka South City Corporation Mayor Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh today announced plans to run 225 new buses on three new routes in Dhaka.

Transport workers of buses and minibuses in Lalmonirhat went on an indefinite strike yesterday to press home their four-point demand.

The authorities of Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) have suspended launch services from Narayanganj to Munshiganj for an indefinite period of time following the accident that took place in the Shitalakkhya river in Narayanganj Sadar upazila yesterday.

An inter-ministerial meeting ended yesterday without fixing any date for resuming the operation of trains between Bangladesh and India amid expectations that the service would resume soon.

An inter-ministerial meeting ended today without fixing any date for resuming the operation of passenger trains between Bangladesh and India, which was expected to be started within this month.

Unplanned extraction of sand from Dudhkumar river in Kurigram’s Bhurungamari upazila posing serious threat to century-old Sonahat Bridge on the river.

It may sound unusual that a project implementation agency will pay contractors the “retention money” while the project is running, as this is supposed to be paid after the completion of the works.

Bangladesh Railway (BR) is on course to procure 200 broad gauge (BG) passenger carriages to meet the ongoing crisis of rail engines and expand its services by adding new trains to its fleet.

For  the second straight day, the capital appeared to have witnessed its  pre-pandemic form as seemingly interminable traffic jams grounded  movement to a crawl yesterday, causing immense public suffering.

Mitali Express, the third passenger train to be operated between Dhaka and West Bengal’s New Jalpaiguri (NJP) in India, is likely to start running within this month to boost connectivity between the two neighbours.

Bangladesh Railway (BR) is likely to introduce broad-gauge railway locomotives -- recently imported from the US -- to manage the rush of homebound passengers this Eid-ul-Fitr.

India has proposed to resume operations of passengers trains between the country and Bangladesh from March 26.

The temporary gatekeepers of Bangladesh Railway, who have been observing “fast unto death” since February 27, for making their job permanent, have postponed their demonstration for three months yesterday evening.

Ishtiaq Hossain, employee of a private firm, left his home in Khilgaon at 9:00am to go to his office in Farmgate. The commute usually takes around 45 minutes. But yesterday it took nearly two and a half hours.