The eagerly-awaited Dhaka metro rail project is set to witness huge cost escalation and time extension after a new drawback has shown up in the design: inconvenient entrance and exit points at the stations.

Following the latest Covid curbs issued by the government, Bangladesh Railway has decided to operate trains at half capacity from January 15, while maintaining health safety rules.

Truck driver Babu Miah was on his way to Dhaka last Monday. With a truck-full of vegetables, he was journeying from Pabna through Kazirhat-Aricha ferry ghat. This route made the most sense to him, as it saved distance and fuel cost.

Trains will start carrying passengers at half capacity from January 15 (Saturday) -- maintaining health safety rules.

The government yesterday decided that only those vaccinated would be allowed to staff vehicles and vessels.

While it’s usual for the capital’s streets to see increased traffic on weekday mornings, yesterday’s gridlock was still something out of the ordinary.

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) will restrict traffic movement on Hatirjheel and adjacent areas for seven hours -- from 4:00am -- tomorrow for Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Dhaka Marathon-2020.

Roads and Highways Department (RHD) today signed a contract with a Chinese consortium to turn the Hatirjheel-Rampura-Amulia-Demra road into a four-lane expressway.

More than 5,000 people of two unions in Barguna’s Taltali upazila are in great distress as the lone bridge connecting them has collapsed.

Rail communication of Dinajpur with other parts of the country remain suspended following a train derailment in Parbatipur upazila of the district early today.

Chattogram residents can look forward to a metro rail service after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday called for one as part of the government’s efforts to improve connectivity.

The government has taken a Tk 2,490.97 crore project to develop Chattogram’s road transport network and solve the port city’s traffic congestion.

A metro rail project will be introduced in Chattogram too, Planning Minster MA Mannan said today following an Ecnec meeting.

Owners of Chattogram-Kaptai bus services halted operations in the early hours yesterday after CNG-run auto-rickshaw workers, passengers and bus staffers scuffled on the route the night before.

Construction of the main structure of 8th Bangladesh-China Friendship Bridge -- over Kocha river in Pirojpur -- was completed on December 28, according to the Chinese embassy in Bangladesh.

An iron structured bridge over Pakhimara canal under Kalapara upazila of the district has remained unrepaired after it collapsed over a year ago, causing suffering to thousands of locals.

The cost of Dhaka-Mawa-Bhanga Expressway project is set to rise again as the authorities are going to do some additional work, mainly to ensure road safety.

In June 2018, the Bangladesh Railways took up a Tk 3,602 crore project that would substantively enhance its operational capacity in three years.

The High Court today sought all probe reports over the deadly fire on MV Abhijan-10 launch and also asked for the list of victims killed and injured in the incident.

Bangladesh Railway today signed a contract with a Chinese company to procure 580 wagons to expand its freight train capacity.