Airport Road’s 2 U-loops built spending Tk 3cr two years ago, demolished for BRT work

The U-loops on Dhaka’s Airport Road might be a perfect example of how public money is spent on arbitrary projects.
11 March 2022

A perennial woe to villagers

Hundreds of people of eight to ten villages have been suffering immensely due to low approach road of a bridge over a canal at Gotampur village in Rajbari’s Pangsha upazila.
10 March 2022

Road damaged a week after construction

Just a week after construction of the three-kilometre portion of an important road in Kishoreganj upazila the carpeting wore away, raising question about the quality of the work.
9 March 2022

Women-friendly Public Transport in Dhaka: Still a distant dream

Jumping on running buses, groping, verbal abuse, men taking up their seats. For the women of Dhaka city, commuting by bus has always been an ordeal, as they often have to endure all these just to get to their destination.
7 March 2022

Bangladesh Railway's tale of never-ending deadlines

In December 2017, Bangladesh Railway (BR) took up a project to procure 20 metre-gauge (MG) locomotives and 150 MG carriages to expand railway services and resolve the growing crisis of rail engines and coaches.
6 March 2022

Russia keen on funding three rail projects

RZD International, a subsidiary of Russian Railways, has expressed interest to finance three proposed railway projects, including the much-talked-about high-speed rail line on the Dhaka-Chattogram corridor.
2 March 2022

Will strict measures work this time?

With the number of road crashes on the rise, authorities have decided to take a tough stance against unfit and illegal vehicles across the country, aiming to improve the situation.
2 March 2022

Bangladesh railway: Losses and poor show continue

Bangladesh Railway continues to make huge losses from its operations allegedly due to poor services, corruption, and a lack of proper management of assets.
23 February 2022

Chinese proposal for CTG: Metro rail in return for stake in ‘smart city’

A Chinese company has proposed building a metro rail line in Chattogram and reclaiming land from the sea to build a 60-square km “smart city” in exchange for a share of the latter.
22 February 2022

Unfit vehicles: 5 lakh still on the road

More than five lakh registered vehicles are now on the road without fitness clearance mainly due to poor monitoring by the authorities amid the pandemic.
15 February 2022

8th shipment for Dhaka Metro Rail arrives at Mongla port

The 8th shipment for Dhaka Metro Rail has arrived at Mongla port.
14 February 2022

Metro Rail seeks Tk 1,000cr more to cover operation, maintenance costs

Metro rail authorities have sought another Tk 1,000 crore from the government to cover operation and maintenance cost.
13 February 2022

Committee to fix economic life of all vehicles

A taskforce formed to tackle road crashes and bring discipline to the transport sector formed a committee to fix the economic service life of all vehicles, in a meeting yesterday.
13 February 2022

Meetings go on, nothing changes

No worker shall drive a transport vehicle unless they hold an appointment letter.
12 February 2022

Govt to spend over Tk 1,206cr for bi-level road in Munshiganj

For the first time outside of metropolitan areas of Dhaka and Chattogram, a Chinese joint venture company will construct a 10km bi-level road in Munshiganj.
10 February 2022

More projects revised, costs increased

As many as four projects were revised yesterday with their costs swelling by Tk 34,483 crore.
8 February 2022

Ctg should have underground metro rail: Hasan Mahmud

Sadarghat,Chawkbazar and Bahaddarhat-- the densely populated areas of Chattogram city -- already have flyovers and there is no space to construct over ground metro rail, Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud said today.
8 February 2022

Trains to run at full capacity from Feb 13

Trains will start taking passengers at full capacity from February 13, Bangladesh Railway said in a notification on Sunday.
7 February 2022

Of no use for 12yrs

A concrete bridge built over a decade ago without approach roads has been lying abandoned at Nowagaon village in Lakhai upazila of Habiganj.
7 February 2022

Trains will operate at full capacity from Feb 13

Trains will start carrying passengers at full capacity from February 13, maintaining health safety rules.
7 February 2022