Commuters’ sufferings continue as the transport owners and workers are observing a nationwide strike for the second consecutive day protesting the abrupt 23 percent hike in the price of kerosene and diesel.

Commuters and businesses suffered heavily yesterday as buses and trucks stayed off the roads to protest the abrupt 23 percent hike in the prices of kerosene and diesel.

Launch owners today submitted a proposal for doubling the launch fare after the government hiked prices of fuel in Bangladesh.

The ongoing transport strike across the country is unlikely to be lifted before Sunday, as a result, public suffering is set to continue till then.

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader has urged the transport owners and workers to withdraw their nationwide transport strike considering the sufferings of examinees and people.

The delivery of imported goods from the Chittagong Port is being hampered badly since this morning due to the nationwide transport strike over the price hike of diesel and kerosene.

A nationwide transport strike began today to protest the price hike of diesel and kerosene.

Public and goods transport owners called an indefinite nationwide strike from tomorrow -- protesting the latest hike in fuel prices.

People of Mir Deohata village in Mirzapur upazila are constructing a bridge on Louhajang river on their own to ease their longstanding woes.

The government has raised the toll rates of the country’s two biggest bridges -- Bangabandhu Bridge and Mukterpur Bridge -- by 10 to 50 percent. 

Railways Minister Nurul Islam Sujan today sought Russian investment in Bangladesh’s railway sector.

After failing to secure Chinese loans for two major railway projects, the government decided to look for alternative sources.

The Jashore-Khulna highway underwent a major overhauling at a cost of Tk 321 crore only last year.

Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation (BIWTC) has said that a decision on salvaging the sunken ferry Shah Amanat could come after a meeting today.

Thousands of residents in Kurigram’s Roumari upazila have been building and maintaining around fifty bamboo bridges for years.

Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) is not capable of rescuing the tilted ferry Amanat Shah, said its Chairman Commodore Golam Sadeq today

Bangladesh Railway (BR) is finally going to start a feasibility study to explore whether electric train service can be introduced on Narayanganj-Dhaka-Chattogram route.

Around 200 vehicles have been stranded on one-and-a-half-kilometre stretch of road following the rescue operation of a ferry that tipped over at Paturia Ghat yesterday.

Bangladesh and China have signed an agreement of USD 1126.99 million for construction of the Dhaka-Ashulia Elevated Expressway project -- aiming to reduce traffic congestion.

More than two and a half years ago, Bangladesh Railway had launched a project to carry out a feasibility study and prepare a detailed design to set up tracks for connecting Sunamganj district headquarters with the railway network.