The student movement for safe roads, which escalated after the death of SSC candidate Mainuddin Islam on Monday night, caused gridlocks and long tailbacks in some major parts of the capital yesterday.

Public transport owners today agreed to take half fare from students in Dhaka from tomorrow.

Students will stage a sit in on the BRTA office premises in the capital’s Banani today to press home their nine-point demand.

The 10-kilometre-long Lalmonirhat-Mogholhat railway route in the bordering area of Lalmonirhat Sadar upazila has been lying

Students demonstrating for safer roads and half bus fare for them said they would continue with their demonstrations until their demands are met.

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader today said that Saudi government has expressed their interest to finance a project on upgrading the Chattogram-Cox’s Bazar and Jashore-Khulna highways into four lanes.

Opposition MPs yesterday blasted Road, Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader for his failure to bring discipline on roads and for reducing the punishment for errant drivers by amending the Road Safety Bill.

Transport workers demonstrated across different spots on Chattogram-Hathazari route yesterday, protesting the killing of a driver who was allegedly beaten to death.

The Highways Bill, 2021 was passed in parliament yesterday to enact a comprehensive law, replacing a century-old one.

Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) Chairman Nur Mohammad Mazumder today said they need to hold more discussions on various issues, including compensation for transport owners, if half fare on public buses is set. 

In the face of student demonstrations, the government yesterday decided to reduce fares by half for students travelling on state-owned BRTC buses.

A meeting on the half-bus fare issue raised by students ended inconclusively yesterday, after private transport owners sought incentives from the government for meeting the demands.

Almost 60 percent garbage collecting vehicles of Dhaka South City Corporation are driven by contractual or proxy drivers, said a DSCC source.

Awami League General Secretary and Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader today said that a rational decision will be taken by Saturday over the issue of the half bus fare for students.

Thousands have been suffering immensely since October 20 when flash floods washed away a 610-meter-long section of flood bypass in Doani area of Lalmonirhat.

A petition has been filed with the High Court seeking its directive on the government on half bus, launch, and train fares for students. Supreme

A writ petition has been filed with the High Court seeking its directive on the government on half bus, launch, and train fares for students of the country.

The pandemic took a huge toll on Bangladesh Railway as movement curbs over a significant period left the state-run operator with Tk 2,063 crore losses in the 2019-20 fiscal year.

College students yesterday issued a 48-hour ultimatum to the government to meet their demands for half bus fares and ensuring their security in public transport.

A total of 120 brand new, green-coloured buses will ply Ghatarchar-Kanchpur route under a single authority on a pilot basis from December 1, as part of the government’s bus route rationalisation initiative.