Passenger train fares are set to increase from May 4 as Bangladesh Railway has decided to stop rebating fares of passengers travelling over 100 kilometres

The Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity reported a significant increase in road crashes, fatalities, and injuries during this year’s Eid travel compared to last year.

Transport workers blockaded Barishal-Kuakata highway in Patuakhali for around one and a half hour yesterday.

The government has three high-powered committees to ensure roads are safe. These committees meet infrequently, and when they meet, they make almost identical decisions. And those decisions rarely come to fruition.

Biman Bangladesh Airlines has recruited 84 ground service assistants in a bid to enhance the capacity of passenger services and ground handling

The entire road transport sector has long been plagued by multifaceted problems, which are worsening every day amid sheer apathy from the authorities responsible for ensuring road safety.

Vehicles engaged in emergency duties or operational activities will be exempt from paying tolls to use the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Tunnel in Chattogram.

The Dhaka-bound train, Jamuna Express, derailed in Tejgaon area of the capital this morning

The bus involved in yesterday’s accident that left 14 dead in Faridpur would not have been on the road had the government not caved in to transport associations’ demand for allowing over 20 years old buses on roads.

Fourteen people, including five of a family, were killed in a road crash in Faridpur yesterday, exposing a serious lack of monitoring and enforcement of road safety laws.

A group of transport workers blocked the road in front of Mohakhali Bus Terminal protesting police inaction over an assault on a driver and conductor of a bus

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Smaller rise in traffic through Bangabandhu Bridge

Most of the roads are nearly vacant now, with only a few private cars, auto-rickshaws, and rickshaws moving here and there

The Padma Bridge authorities have collected Tk 4,89,94,700 in tolls in 24 hours till midnight last night, the highest daily tally since the structure opened to traffic on June 26, 2022

A total of 18,733 vehicles crossed Padma Bridge in the first eight hours today as people leave Dhaka for the southern districts ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr.

A long tailback on the Dhaka-Tangail-Bangabandhu Bridge Highway, specially from Elenga to Bangabandhu Bridge, has caused immense suffering to thousands of homebound people ahead of the Eid-ul-Fitr

The numbers of road accidents and deaths saw a sharp rise in the first three months of this year compared to the corresponding period last year. Experts blamed the spike on the authorities’ failure to implement specific measures and a lack of commitment to ensure road safety.

People heading to the northern part of the country to celebrate the upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr at their village homes have been experiencing a relatively hassle-free journey this year, thanks to the authorities concerned for their timely taken initiatives.

Institute for Planning and Development (IPD), a planning and development research and policy analysis organisation, have strongly opposed the National Board of Revenue’s (NBR) proposal to implement VAT on the metro rail from next July.