Railway officials estimate that around 33,500 passengers will travel to different places this Eid. But if they are not able to run on time, how will they be able to meet this target? There should be an investigation as to why these delays occur. If trains do not run on time, private transport owners make […]
It took railway authorities more than 31 hours to repair the tracks after a passenger train collided with a goods train at Joydebpur railway station on Friday, resulting in huge inconvenience to passengers. Many passengers also waited for a long time at the stations. A mistake by a signalman resulted in a collision between a […]
Although the number of passengers is less during Ramzan, Metro Rail officials are hopeful that the number of passengers will increase as people will be out for shopping during the second part of Ramzan. As a result, the authorities have decided to operate the metro rail after 9:00 pm from Wednesday, March 27 (16th Ramzan). […]
And that is why people accepted all the troubles, inconveniences and delays that came during the construction of Metro Rail. When metro rail services stop, the heartbeats of Dhaka residents stop. They get upset when there are disruptions in service. As BBC Bengali journalist Akbar Hossain commented on social media, it is becoming increasingly difficult […]
Metro rail will run every 8 minutes during peak hours from Saturday
There was heavy traffic jam on various roads in Dhaka on Sunday, the first working day of the week, causing inconvenience to commuters. Long queues of vehicles were mostly seen at Manik Miyan Avenue, Bijoy Sarani, Caravan Bazaar, Bangla Motors and Ramna area and passengers remained stranded at one place for half an hour to […]
All advance tickets for travel on upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr will be sold online to avoid overcrowding at railway stations for tickets and to facilitate passengers to book tickets from home in a hassle-free manner. A press release from the Ministry of Railways states that passengers will be able to buy tickets from April 17 to April […]
Tens of thousands of travelers traveled between mainland China and the special administrative region of Hong Kong on Monday, the first time in three years that all border posts were fully reopened without COVID-19 restrictions, officials said. China announced last week that cross-border travel between the mainland, Hong Kong and Macau would fully resume from […]
As was done during the first phase of Vishwa Ijtema, the Ghazipur Metropolitan Police (GMP) has issued some traffic instructions for the convenience of devotees traveling to and from the venue. GMP Commissioner Mullah Nazrul Islam said that vehicular movement from Tongi to Bhogara Bypass on Dhaka-Mymensingh Highway, Kamarpara Road, Abdullapur to Bypile on Ashulia […]
Buttigieg told reporters on Tuesday that a backup system was in place, but questions were raised about the system’s performance, which led to a complete reboot of the system and then to the FAA around 7:30 a.m. EST (1230 GMT). prompted to issue a ground stop. It was lifted just before 9 a.m. EST. An […]
Southeast Asia’s tourist economies are set to be major beneficiaries of China’s easing of travel restrictions as it steers clear of pre-entry COVID-19 tests that Europe, Japan and the United States have imposed on Chinese visitors . Even as the virus tears through its 1.4 billion people, the world’s second-biggest economy is opening its borders […]
Philippine authorities halted flights in and out of Manila on New Year’s Day due to air traffic control problems, leaving thousands of passengers stranded. A total of 282 flights at Manila’s Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) were either delayed, canceled or diverted to other regional airports, affecting about 56,000 passengers, the airport operator said on […]
