On the second day of vehicles plying the Padma Bridge yesterday, the authorities beefed up surveillance to smooth out traffic.

The High Court has observed that those who opposed the Padma Bridge construction are  enemies of the state and the nation, and they must be identified.

Bangladesh Railway costs Tk 2.43 a kilometre for a passenger and earns Tk 0.62 only, Railways Minister Nurul Islam Sujan yesterday told parliament.

Battery-run auto-rickshaw drivers blocked Savar’s Nabinagar-Chandra highway to protest what they claim is “police extortion” yesterday. Thousands of drivers blocked the highway’s Palli Bidyut area around noon. They burned tyres along the side of the road in protest.

Railway Minister Nurul Islam Sujan today told the parliament that the cost  behind one passenger per km of the railway is Tk 2.43 against per income of Tk 0.62.

The government is going to impose toll on vehicles for using the Dhaka-Mawa-Bhanga Expressway from July 1, a move that will push up transport costs.

Battery-run auto-rickshaw drivers blocked Savar's Nabinagar-Chandra highway to protest what they claim is "police extortion" this afternoon (June 27, 2022).

A total of 51,316 vehicles crossed the Padma Bridge in the first 24 hours after the bridge was opened to public (till 6am today) (June 27, 2022).

Six minutes was all it took a BRTC bus to cross the 6.15km bridge over the Padma river yesterday.  

The number of vehicles at the Paturia-Daulatdia and Shimulia-Majhikandi ferry routes significantly dropped as the Padma Bridge opened to traffic yesterday.

A man was detained for removing nuts and bolts from the railing of the Padma Multipurpose Bridge yesterday.

The Bridges Division last evening banned motorcycles on the Padma Bridge from 6:00am today as thousands of bikers queuing up to cross the bridge overwhelmed the toll plaza employees and two bikers died in a crash on the bridge.

Train communication between Dhaka, Chattogram, and Dhaka, Sylhet resumed this evening one and a half hours after an oil tanker derailed in Brahmanbaria.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina paying toll at the Padma Bridge yesterday. The grand opening of the country’s largest bridge featured a dazzling display of colourful fireworks.

Thousands of people began gathering at Kathalbari Ghat on the Padma in Shibchar early yesterday to attend an Awami League rally marking the inauguration of the Padma Bridge.

The Padma Bridge is not just a concrete structure, it also symbolises the nation’s pride, honour and ability, said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday.

“We will not bow to anybody.”

The long-awaited inauguration of the Padma bridge yesterday was cheered at home and abroad, in a rare unifying moment for the country.

The Padma Bridge will boost inclusive economic growth and reduce poverty in Bangladesh, Mercy Tembon, World Bank country director for Bangladesh and Bhutan, said yesterday.

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today initiated the process of paying toll to cross the much-awaited Padma Multipurpose Bridge, soon after opening the bridge.