Train communication of Dhaka with northern and southern districts of the country was restored after remaining halted for five hours today.

After extending the deadline several times, the authorities are now saying that they will open a portion of Dhaka Elevated Expressway to public in December next year.

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader today announced that a part of Dhaka Elevated Expressway will open next year.

The Planning Commission has raised question about a Roads and Highways Department (RHD) project requesting more money when the project deadline had already been extended trice and its cost increased. 

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader yesterday hoped the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) from Gazipur to Dhaka airport would be opened in the next year along with much-anticipated mega projects -- Padma Bridge, metro rail and Karnaphuli tunnel.

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.