Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity has demanded effective measures to reduce unbearable traffic congestion, harassment of commuters on the roads, and road accidents during the upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr journey.

Private bus operators yesterday started selling tickets to those who would go to their hometowns for the Eid.

Private bus operators started selling advance tickets from this morning for home-goers ahead of the Eid-ul-Fitr.

The pressure on various waterways, including the Paturia-Daulatdia waterway, will increase before and after Eid-ul-Fitr this year, said State Minister for Shipping Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury.

Thousands of passengers suffered immensely, as operation of trains across the country remained suspended for around eight hours from early yesterday.

Train operations have resumed as the Sylhet-bound Parabat Express left Dhaka’s Kamalapur Railway Station at 1:35pm today.

Passengers are suffering as running staffers, including locomasters, of Bangladesh Railway suspended all train operations around the country early today without any prior announcement -- demanding increased allowances and retirement benefits.

Running staffers, including locomasters, of Bangladesh Railway suspended all train operations around the country early today in order to press home their demands of increased allowances and retirement benefits.

Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC) is bringing more of its vehicles under vehicle tracking system (VTS) to ensure transparency and efficiency in fleet management.

The Bangladesh Railway is likely to make the National Identity Card or any other valid identity card mandatory for buying advance train tickets – the sales of which will begin on April 23 – ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr.

It is still possible to significantly reduce Dhaka’s traffic congestion with the existing road network, by just bringing discipline in the transport sector, said Ilias Kanchan, chairperson of road-safety organisation Nirapad Sarak Chai.

Bangladesh Railway (BR) will start selling advance train tickets from April 23 -- ahead of the Eid-ul-Fitr.

Fare for the much-awaited metro rail service -- which is expected to be introduced in Dhaka in December this year -- has not yet been fixed even though a committee in this regard was formed more than a year and half ago.

Without a copy of National Identity (NID) card, launch tickets will not be sold before Eid-ul-Fitr, State Minister for Shipping Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury said today.

As the Covid-19 infection rate is at its lowest in Bangladesh, more people are expected to be leaving the capital and other major cities for Eid this year after a two-year lull.

Plying of buses on Rangpur-Dhaka route resumed early yesterday after a three-day suspension due to a strike by district transport workers. Rangpur transport workers called off the strike on Thursday night after a meeting with district administration, metropolitan police and bus owners, with Rangpur Deputy Commissioner Asib Ahsan in the chair, said AWM Raihan Shah, additional deputy commissioner (education and ICT) of Rangpur.

The government’s move to ensure uninterrupted traffic movement on the Dhaka-Aricha Highway is facing a setback as bus operators are not using the designated bus bays and service lanes built under a Tk 696 crore project.

Plying of buses on Rangpur-Dhaka route resumed early today after a three-day suspension due to a strike by district transport workers.

The Roads and Highways Department (RHD) is going establish a dedicated Road Operation Unit (ROU) for the first time to manage and monitor a national highway efficiently.

At present there are 49 lakh 91 thousand 75 different types of vehicles in the country, according to the parliamentary standing committee on the Ministry of Power, Energy, and Mineral Resources.