Eid holidaymakers heading for northern districts might get caught in gridlocks on both sides of the Bangabandhu bridge due to the expansion work on a 25km stretch of the Elenga-Rangpur highway.

Metrorail authorities have installed special buttons in each carriage of the trains to better deal with emergencies and ensure passengers’ safety.

The gang would wait patiently with its car in a crowded spot of Dhaka or adjacent areas. It offered people to drop them off at their destination for a fare. And it worked.

The Padma Multipurpose Bridge Authority has said the country’s biggest bridge is likely to be opened for traffic in June this year as they have already completed 92 percent of its construction works till now.

Transport experts have warned that there could be a dreadful situation on roads if traffic movement is not properly managed during the rush of people travelling to their home towns before the Eid.

The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) has urged the government to put the road construction and repair work on hold for 14 days before and after the Eid-ul-Fitr to reduce the sufferings of the homegoers.

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.