That means the major road connecting the capital with Dhaka-Mawa and Dhaka-Chattogram highways will be completely cut off for over 2 days

Gabtoli Bus Terminal, the largest and the busiest inter-district bus terminal in the capital, has to be relocated for the construction of a metro rail line. This may lead to suffering for tens of thousands of passengers.

Mirpur-10 became the fifth metro rail station to be opened to public yesterday, two months after the inauguration of the country’s first metro rail service in Dhaka.

There were mixed reactions on the first day of Bangladesh Railway implementing its move to make pre-registration with NID cards or birth registrations mandatory for intercity rail travel.

In 1998, a bridge was built  over the Brahmaputra river on Jamalpur-Sherpur Highway to ease commute between the two districts. But soon after, vested quarters occupied the entry points on both sides of the bridge to establish an illegal autorickshaw stand.

Metro rail has started picking up and dropping passengers at the Mirpur-10 station from this morning

The fifth metro rail station is set to be opened tomorrow.

The government is going to construct another metro rail line, whose construction cost per km is some 35 percent higher than that of a similar metro line.

"A little damage may be caused [due to the construction of MRT Line-1]. The central reservation of the expressway may be damaged. But this does not mean that the entire road has to be torn down," said Road Transport and Highways Division Secretary ABM Amin Ullah Nuri.

The metro rail authorities and the Roads and Highways Department are in a tussle over the route alignment of MRT-5 (north), physical work on which is expected to start in July.

Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) Mayor Atiqul Islam has expressed his frustration over the issue of illegal parking on the capital’s Mayor Annisul Huq Road, saying it has become a “cat and mouse” game.

The third terminal at the Dhaka airport, expansion of the runway, and improving the Cox's Bazar International Airport would take the country towards prosperity by utilising the geographical advantages of Bangladesh

Mayor Annisul Huq Road, a major thoroughfare in Dhaka, is severely plagued with illegal parking.

Rail services resumed around 10:15am after the removal of the kite

These 300 buses will be procured for the BRTC under a line of credit (LOC) deal signed with India

Train operation between Dhaka and the country’s northern districts resumed one hour after Jamuna Express’ engine went out of order at Joydebpur Station of Gazipur district this morning

1,427 CCTV cameras to be set up by June to check theft of RMG shipments, robbery

The latest rules of the Road Transport Act will not be able to ensure road safety, speakers said at a dialogue yesterday.

It will be compulsory for passengers to have copies of their identification cards while travelling on intercity trains from March 1 to keep black marketing and unauthorised travel in check, the railways minister said yesterday.

People will be able to register using NID, birth registration or passport using BR's system from tomorrow. No one will be allowed to buy tickets of intercity trains without pre-registration from March 1, he said.