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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

Bangladesh Railway (BR) yesterday signed a contract with an Indian company to procure 420 Broad Gauge (BR) wagons, aiming to increase its capacity to operate more freight trains.

The government is going to start a feasibility study for launching the metro rail service in Chattogram city, Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader said yesterday.

The government, in association with a South Korean development organisation, is going to start a feasibility study for constructing metro rail in Chattogram, Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader said today.

The ferry and launch services resumed on the Shimulia-Banglabazar route today after remaining halted for around one and half hours due to inclement weather. 

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader has reiterated that the much-awaited Padma Bridge will be opened to traffic in June this year.

Bangladesh Road Transport Authority yesterday started the process to take negative dope test reports before issuance or renewal of professional driving licenses.

Thousands of commuters are facing untold sufferings for months due to delay in construction of 8.5-kilometre-long Thakurgaon-Farabari road, located on the northern part of the district headquarters.

The government initiative to conduct dope tests before issuing professional driving licences from today is set to face challenges due to a lack of testing facilities and preparations at the designated hospitals in the capital.

A 20km tailback has formed on Dhaka-Chittagong highway after Roads and Highway Division in Chattaogram started maintenance work on the highway this morning.

In August 2011, the government took up a Tk 1,946 crore project to procure 70 Metre Gauge (MG) locomotives to mitigate the growing crisis of rail engines and expanding the services of Bangladesh Railway.

The main structure of the country’s first metro rail project was completed yesterday with the installation of the last segment of the viaduct, which now connects two ends of the capital -- Uttara and Motijheel.

The country's first metro rail reached a major milestone today with the completion of the entire 20.1 km viaduct.