Bangladesh Truck-Covered Van, Tank Lorry, Prime Mover Owners-Workers Coordination Council today called a 48-hour work abstention from September 27 to press home their 10 points demands.

Railways Minister Nurul Islam Sujan has directed the authorities concerned to investigate several recent railway accidents in which trucks hit trains at level crossings, most of which are unauthorised.

A ferry's flag-stand hit a span of Padma Bridge at Mawa in Munshiganj this morning.

A government initiative to amend the Road Transport Act-2018 has picked up pace after a brief hiatus, even before the authorities started fully implementing the law.

Rail communication with Khulna resumed after the derailed compartments of an oil-carrying train near Uthli Railway Station in Jibannagar upazila of Chuadanga, were recovered.

Bangladesh’s first ever metro rail service will launch in December next year, Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader said yesterday, raising the city dwellers’ hope of daily commutes free of frequent tailbacks.

Bangladesh's first metro train services would be launched in December next year, Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader said today.

The formal test run of the country’s first metro rail service will start from today when a metro train will run on the elevated rail track connecting the depot in the capital’s Diabari and the first four stations.

At least 200 metric tonnes of liquid oxygen were imported from India by Oxygen Express through Benapole land port last night.

Dhaka Mass Transit Company Ltd today put a train of six metro rail coaches on a trial run on Diya Bari-Mirpur route.

The authorities are all set to conduct a test run of a metro train on the main tracks on Sunday, touching a new milestone in the country’s first ever metro rail project.

Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) has started construction of a new ferry ghat to avoid any untoward incident with the Padma Bridge during movement of ferries in the Padma river.

Bangladesh Railway (BR) is trudging along because of its excessive reliance on outdated locomotives caused by the failure to add new engines to its fleet in time.

The Padma bridge project yesterday moved one step closer to completion after the authority finished the installation of all road slabs linking both sides of the Padma river through the roadway.

The Padma Bridge project has reached a new milestone with the completion of road slab placement work on the country's longest bridge.

Hundreds of goods-carrying trucks, buses and cars were stranded at Paturia since this morning as strong current in Padma river disrupted ferry crossings.

The government is set to give Korean Expressway Corporation the responsibility to collect toll from vehicles on the Dhaka-Mawa-Bhanga expressway.

The Korea Expressway Corporation (KEC) will be given the charge of collecting tolls on the Dhaka-Mawa-Bhanga expressway, said Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal today.

Commuters are crossing the Padma river on launches as ferry services in the Shimulia-Banglabazar route remain suspended due to strong river currents.

Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation (BIWTC) suspended operation of ferry services on Shimulia-Banglabazar route, on the Padma river yesterday due to strong current.