Savar’s Namabazar Road is a busy place. Every day, people from at least 20 areas of Dhamrai upazila and Savar municipality use the road, which connects to different points of Dhaka-Aricha highway and Savar-Singair regional highway.

The pressure of vehicles has increased at Paturia ferry ghat in Manikganj due to a ban on heavy vehicles at Shimulia-Banglabazar route.

Hundred of goods laden trucks are having to wait in line at Kazirhat ferry terminal every day to cross the Kazirhat-Aricha waterway as authorities have replaced two new ferries on the route with two old ones.

The BIWTC yesterday suspended ferry services on the Shimulia-Banglabazar route due to strong currents in the Padma.

Due to strong currents in the Padma river, Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation (BIWTC) has suspended ferry service between Shimulia in Munshiganj and Banglabazar in Madaripur.

Forty-eight steel guards have been placed around the two main pillars of the Payra bridge to protect them from collisions.

Six bridges over Badura canal in Shankorpasa union under Pirojpur Sadar upazila have been lying broken for over seven years, causing immense sufferings to people.

The authorities yesterday operated metro train on viaduct for the second time as part of a series of test runs to be done before the new mode of public transport is formally launched in the capital.

Construction of the tunnel under the Karnaphuli river reached a major milestone with completion of boring on Thursday afternoon.

Pressure of vehicles increased at both Paturia and Shimulia ferry terminals due to puja vacations coninciding with the weekend.

Two ends of the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Tunnel were brought together under the Karnaphuli river yesterday afternoon. 

Apparently giving in to pressure from transport associations, the government once again waived the fines for failing to update documents of vehicles on time.

A section of transport workers of the port city suddenly went on a strike yesterday, making commuters endlessly wait for vehicles. The worker leaders said they were compelled to do so to protest “Police harassment”.

Commuters suffered as a section of transport workers in Chattogram city went for strike today without any prior announcement.

After missing two deadlines, Dhaka South City Corporation Mayor Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh yesterday said 120 buses would run under a single company on the proposed Kanchpur Bridge-Ghatarchar pilot route in Dhaka from December 1.

Ferry services on Shimulia-Banglabazar route resumed, commercially, yesterday morning, after 48 days of suspension since August 18.

The officials of Local Government Engineering Department (LGED) finished their duty by only declaring a 65-metre-long bridge unfit for use. But after nine long years passed by, they are yet to replace the bridge that is vital for lives and livelihoods of thousands.

Two foreign merchant ships, stuck at the outer anchorage due to navigability crisis, finally anchored at Harbaria area of Mongla Seaport this afternoon after almost five days.

After missing two deadlines, Dhaka South City Corporation Mayor Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh today said that 120 buses would run under a single company on the proposed Kanchpur Bridge-Ghatarchar pilot route in Dhaka from December 1.

Ferry services resumed, commercially, on Shimulia-Banglabazar route this morning after 48 days.