Accidents happen due to unfit vehicles, unlicensed driving, potholes on the road, tired and sleepy drivers, illegal vehicles and common people have to pay the price. They bear the pain of losing their loved ones, they fall into financial crisis when the earning member of the family is lost. Housing and Public Works Ministry liftman […]
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 […]
In his speech before representatives of various companies, wholesalers, retailers, market committee leaders and government officials, the FBCCI President also said that he would take up the issue at the highest level of the government if necessary. FBCCI organized the event focusing on production, imports, stocks, supply and price situation of daily necessities.
To facilitate the ongoing maintenance on Buriganga Bridge-1 (Postogola Bridge), vehicular movement on the bridge will be restricted from February 24 to March 8. As an alternative, the Babubazar bridge has been designated for transit in the area since February 24, leading to increased traffic congestion. To mitigate the situation, it has been advised to […]
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 […]
BNP’s ally Jatiyatabadi Krishak Dal organized a rally in the Naya Paltan area of the capital on Monday demanding the resignation of the government and the release of party chief Begum Khaleda Zia. The Manikganj district unit of BNP hired about 35 buses, including 15 buses of Shubhojatra Paribahan, to take leaders and workers to […]
Government service holders from Joint Secretary to senior officers will be entitled to the facility of government car. From 2018, the facility of car was made available from the Deputy Secretary level. The regulations were prepared in 2017. These were later modified and stated that Deputy Secretaries would be entitled to cars after three years […]
Since the average toll collection per vehicle now stands at Taka 82, it is understandable that no significant number of buses or trucks passed through the expressway during the three days. According to experts, city dwellers generally commute short distances and Dhaka is no exception. Since there is a lack of bus stops at kilometer […]
Ilya Espino, the canal’s deputy administrator, told AFP that unless there were heavy rains in the next three months, they were considering “a period of one year” to restrict access to the waterway. That period would give customers “a year to plan” how to adapt. The 50-mile (80-kilometer) byway is mainly used by customers from […]
Joypurhat Sadar police station in-charge Sirajul Islam told that 27 passengers were injured in the bus accident. The police officer quoted the passengers as saying that the driver was driving rashly. The passengers also felt that the driver was drunk. After the accident, both the driver and the assistant fled from the spot. The relatives […]
Apart from this, the construction of elevated expressway till Tejgaon will be completed by the current year. “To that end, our work is progressing rapidly. I want to give good news to the nation on Pehla Baisakh that in June Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate the construction of 100 more bridges in one day.’
The Panchgar-bound Drithojan Express rammed into a Shohag Paribhan bus at the Malibagh rail crossing on Wednesday, cutting off rail links between Dhaka and the rest of the country. According to eyewitnesses, the gateman forgot to close the boom gate at Malibagh rail crossing. Meanwhile the bus came back on track. Later, a slowly moving […]
Dhaka’s metro rail has added another stop with the opening of Uttara Center station on Saturday. DMTCL Managing Director MAN Siddiqui said, “The Uttara Center station was opened for passengers at 8 am on Saturday.” “Mirpur-10 station will open on March 1.” Uttara Center station will be the fourth and Mirpur-10 station will be the […]
Roads from Dhaka airport to Ghazipur were packed with thousands of pilgrims as they headed back home at the end of the first leg of the Biswa Ijtema, the second-largest gathering of Muslims after Hajj. The pilgrims boarded buses, mini-trucks, push carts and other modes of transport available near the Ijtema Maidan to return home. […]
Commuters faced a lot of trouble in buying metro passes due to faulty vending machines. The automated ticket machine at Agargaon station had stopped on the very first day of its operation on 29 December. Later it was removed from the police station. Still, this machine does not work properly many times. A DMTCL source […]