'Jung' now online for Eid tickets

Like trains, advance bus tickets for Eid-ul-Fitr are also being sold online. As a result, although advance bus ticket sales have started, there is not as much crowd at the bus terminals. Speaking about selling tickets online, Ramesh Chandra Ghosh, managing director of Shyamoli Paribahan and president of Bangladesh Bus-Truck Owners Association, told Prothom Alo […]

Extortion of Tk 10.59b annually from private buses, TIB reveals political involvement

A research by Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) shows that 10.59 billion taka (1,059 crore) is collected annually from private buses and minibuses in the country. Meanwhile, individuals or groups associated with the party, traffic and highway police, officials and employees of Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA), owners and labor unions and representatives of the municipality […]

Three buses were burnt in Nator town

After the incident, Sadar police station in-charge Naseem Ahmed, Natore-2 MP Shafikul Islam, General Secretary of District Awami League and Sadar Upazila President Shariful Islam visited the spot. Speaking to the media, MP Shafiqul Islam claimed that BNP-Jamaat people were setting fire to bus-trucks as part of sabotage to thwart the elections. OC Naseem Ahmed […]