Star Interactive / What will Dhaka's metro network look like when finished?
20 September 2026
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Transport
Metro not Dhaka’s sole solution for public transport
19 September 2026
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Transport
Perspective / After 12 years of riding in Dhaka, here’s what I want fellow bikers to know
17 September 2026
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Transport
Reconditioned vehicle importers to shut showrooms Thursday
16 September 2026
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Transport
Motijheel-Uttara metro services resume after 39-minute disruption
15 September 2026
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Transport
Dhaka-Mymensingh rail link snapped as freight train derails
13 September 2026
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Transport
No decision yet on cross-border trains; India must send formal proposal: Additional secretary
10 September 2026
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News
Traffic resumes at Dhaka's Mohakhali after transport workers end blockade
10 September 2026
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Transport
27 defective Dhaka Metro Rail bearing pads identified as critical: Transport minister
9 September 2026
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Transport
Study, design completed for electric trains on Dhaka-Chattogram route: PM
9 September 2026
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Transport
BR's test run: Special train from Dhaka reaches Bhanga via Padma Bridge
A special train operated by Bangladesh Railway on a test run reached Bhanga after a journey on the 82-km Dhaka-Bhanga line via the Padma Bridge today.
7 September 2023
Mawa-Bhanga: Test run of special train today
The Bangladesh Railway is going to start trial run of a special train on Mawa-Bhanga section crossing through the Padma Bridge today.
6 September 2023
20,000 posts vacant in Bangladesh Railway
Railways Minister Nurul Islam today told parliament that there are about 20,000 vacant posts in Bangladesh Railway
4 September 2023
Dhaka Elevated Expressway: Tk 18.5 lakh toll collected in 24 hours
More than 22,800 vehicles have travelled through the Dhaka Elevated Expressway in 24 hours till 6:00am today
4 September 2023
Dhaka Elevated Expressway: Over Tk 13 lakh collected in tolls on first day
More than Tk 13 lakh was collected in tolls from the Dhaka Elevated Expressway in 15 hours of operation on its first day yesterday
3 September 2023
First Day on Expressway: Commuters mostly elated
Azad Hossain, an employee at a private company, is beside himself with joy. He finds it difficult to process that the travails of his daily travel to his office have forever changed.
3 September 2023
Police charge baton on railway workers; Dhaka’s rail link restored after 5 hours
Police today charged batons on the temporary workers of Bangladesh Railway, who blocked the railway tracks at Malibagh level crossing in Dhaka, halting Dhaka's rail link with other parts of the country for more than four hours
3 September 2023
Congestion at landing points after elevated expressway opens to traffic
Commuters experienced traffic jam at the landing points of Dhaka Elevated Expressway after it opened to traffic at 6:00am today
3 September 2023
Railway workers block Malibagh level crossing; train services disrupted
Temporary railway workers of Bangladesh railway staged a sit-in protest at Malibagh level crossing in Dhaka demanding job regularisation
3 September 2023
Fuel traders strike in Khulna, supply cut off in 14 districts
Fuel traders in Khulna called an indefinite strike from this morning to press home their three-point demand, including raising sales commission to 7.5 percent
3 September 2023
How to get on, off the elevated expressway
A part of the country’s first ever elevated expressway is open to traffic since this morning.
2 September 2023
A new era in Dhaka commute
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday opened the country’s first elevated expressway, which is expected to usher in a new era in Dhaka’s commute by significantly cutting the travel time.
2 September 2023
Elevated expressway another milestone in communication: PM
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today said the opening of Dhaka Elevated Expressway is another milestone in the country's communication sector and will play a significant role in reducing traffic congestion
2 September 2023
PM opens country’s first elevated expressway
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today inaugurated the 11.5 km Airport- Farmgate segment of 19.73-km Dhaka Elevated Expressway, the first of its kind in the country, raising high hope to reduce traffic congestion and commuters' travel time in the capital
2 September 2023
Dhaka’s First Elevated Expressway: All set for grand opening
The long-awaited Dhaka Elevated Expressway is set to be inaugurated today partially, bringing new hope for easing the perennial traffic woes in the capital.
1 September 2023
PM to open airport-Farmgate section of elevated expressway tomorrow
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate the much-awaited elevated expressway's Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport-Farmgate section to traffic tomorrow.
1 September 2023
Bridge built without approach road
A bridge, built over a canal at Rupnagar village in Habiganj’s Madhabpur upazila over one and a half decades ago, has been lying unused since construction as it does not have an approach road on one side, causing immense suffering to residents of several nearby villages.
30 August 2023
Railway E-Ticketing: 17yrs gone, only 18pc stations covered
The online ticketing system of Bangladesh Railway covers only 85 of its 483 stations, forcing travellers to buy tickets from the counters at the stations or from scalpers at significantly higher prices.
28 August 2023
Railway staff defer strike for 10 days
Railway staffers, including loco-masters, postponed their scheduled strike from early today for 10 working days.
27 August 2023
Railway staff postpone strike for 10 days
Railway running staffers, including loco-masters, postponed their scheduled strike from early today for 10 working days
27 August 2023