Smart card, free ride, special concession

Dhaka Transport Coordination Authority (DTCA) spelled out the details and conditions regarding metro rail fare in a circular yesterday.
8 September 2022

BR again seeks locomotives from India

With 67 percent of the locomotives of Bangladesh Railway (BR) past their economic life, the state-run agency has turned to India for the second time in less than four years to mitigate its engine crisis.
7 September 2022

Made in China, repaired in Bangladesh

In 2013, the government imported 20 sets of DEMU (diesel–electric multiple unit) trains from China’s Tangshan Railway Vehicle Company Limited.
7 September 2022

Tk 3 per km

The National Committee to Protect Shipping, Roads, and Railways (NCPSRR) yesterday demanded that the government cut the metro rail fare by 50 percent.
7 September 2022

Bike ban to stay: Quader

Right now, the government has no plans to allow motorbikes to ply the Padma Bridge, due to safety reasons, said Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader yesterday.
7 September 2022

Cut metro rail fare by 50%: Committee to protect roads, railways

The National Committee to Protect Shipping, Roads and Railways (NCPSRR) has urged the government to reduce the fare of metro rail in Dhaka city by 50%.
7 September 2022

Toyota recalls cars to replace faulty airbags

Toyota Bangladesh has recalled some models of cars for replacing the inflator for the passenger airbags free of charge, according to a notice issued yesterday.
6 September 2022

New buses on 2 Dhaka routes from October 13

The bus route rationalisation committee has set October 13 as the fresh deadline to introduce new buses on two routes in Dhaka, under Nagar Paribahan service, as it missed the target date, September 1.
6 September 2022

Tk 5 per km

The government has set the metro rail fare at Tk 5 per kilometre.
6 September 2022

New deadline for 200 Nagar Paribahan buses on 3 new routes

Missing its September 1 deadline, the Bus Route Rationalisation Committee has set up a fresh deadline to introduce 200 new buses on two routes from  October 13 and another route from November 30.
6 September 2022

Ensuring safety at BRT Line-3: Planning Commission questions implementing agency’s role

The implementing authority of the BRT Line-3 has so far spent Tk 5.57 crore for ensuring safety at the project site, but it has failed to do so. The deaths of five people last month are a testament to the failure.
4 September 2022

Country developing modern transport system by implementing various projects: PM

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today (September 4, 2022) said her government has been developing a modern transport system by implementation of different projects to accelerate the country’s economic growth.
4 September 2022

Padma Bridge: Govt to form commission to find those who ‘made up’ stories

The process for formation of a commission is underway to identify the people who made up stories about corruption involving the Padma Bridge project.
1 September 2022

Launch fare reduced by Tk .15 per km

The government has reduced launch fare by 15 paisa per kilometre after the price of diesel dropped by Tk 5 a litre.
1 September 2022

A decision of no impact

The government yesterday re-fixed bus fare, reducing it by only Tk 0.05 per kilometre, a move that would have little to no impact on commuters’ wallets.
31 August 2022

Bus fare reduced by 5 paisa per km

The government has reset the bus fare, reducing it by Tk 0.05 per kilometre.
31 August 2022

Khulna-Mongla rail line: Not opening this year

When Bangladesh Railway in December 2010 took up the project for constructing Khulna-Mongla new rail line without any feasibility study, its deadline was December 2013.
30 August 2022

Rajshahi city bus service launched

Transport owners introduced city bus service in Rajshahi yesterday.
29 August 2022

25-30 launches stopped operations from Dhaka after Padma Bridge opened

Passengers on almost all waterways from Dhaka to the country’s southern region declined significantly due to Padma Bridge, State Minister for Shipping Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury told parliament today (August 29, 2022).
29 August 2022

Villagers’ wait gets longer

Despite assurances by public representatives for the last 50 years a permanent bridge over Subornakhali river in Jamalpur’s Sarishabari upazila has not been built yet.
28 August 2022