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Emirates has set up a humanitarian air bridge between Dubai and India to transport urgent medical and relief items, to support India in its fight to control the serious COVID-19 situation in the country.Emirates will offer cargo capacity free of charge on an “as available” basis on all o...
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People in large numbers continue the Eid homebound journeys using alternative modes of transportation, and at higher costs.Though the government has lifted the ban on the movement of local transportation, it has not allowed inter-district passenger transports to ply.It has also urged people to stay ...
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Public transport services resumed in cities across the country on Thursday, after remaining suspended for 22 days. However, inter-district bus services will remain suspended during the lockdown until May 16 in an attempt to control the spread of coronavirus.Buses were seen carrying passengers beyond...
Public transport resumes today (Thursday), 21 days after the government imposed strict restrictions as Covid protocols.The information was disseminated in a press release signed by Dhaka Road Transport Owners Association office secretary Samdani Khandaker on Wednesday.Meanwhile, the government has d...
Transport workers brought out processions in different bus terminals of the capital to press home their three-point demand including resumption of public transport maintaining health protocols.They held meetings at the capital’s Sayedabad, Fulbaria, Gabtoli and Mohakhali bus terminals on Sunda...
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Transport labourers took out procession and held a way side meeting in front of Seroil Bus Terminal area of the city on Sunday morning demanding resumption of movement of intercity and the local bus services to and from Rajshahi. After parading various streets of the city, the agitators organi...
Bangladesh Road Transport Owners Association has demanded resumption of bus services in compliance with hygiene rules during the ongoing lockdown (strict regulations) considering their sufferings.In a statement sent to the media on Friday, association's President Moshiur Rahman Ranga and Secreta...
BSS, GaibandhaGaibandha district administration has provided food assistance to 400 transport workers seriously affected by Covid-19 in the district, reports BSS.The packages of food were distributed to the jobless transport workers as Prime Minister’s assistance at a function at Shah Ab...
The railway authorities set a new precedent in the ongoing lockdown by delivering goods to the Kamalapur ICD (Inland Container Depot) in Dhaka. Due to the ongoing lockdown, the revenue of the railways has increased along with the transportation of containers and goods on the port route centered on R...
Babul Akhtar Rana, NaogaonStrict restrictions have been imposed in Naogaon along with the whole country to prevent the spread of global epidemic corona virus. Although everything else seems to be going on as ususal in this lockdown, public transport on all routes within Naogaon district is closed.&n...
The government has taken an initiative to amend the ‘Road Transport Act, 2018’. The Road Transport and Bridges Ministry prepared a draft of the proposed amended law.The Road Transport and Highways Division of the ministry already uploaded the draft on its website for public opinion. Ther...
Bangladesh Road Transport Workers’ Federation has demanded to resume public transport services with fifty percent passengers from April 22 in compliance with heath guidelines.Osman Ali, general secretary of Bangladesh Road Transport Workers' Federation, has written a letter to Prime Minist...
Garment workers suffered extensively on the second day of the "strict lockdown" as there were hardly any vehicles plying the streets due to the restrictions imposed by the government to control the spread of coronavirus. Most of the workers had to fend for themselves as the garment fa...
Government have ordered to implement a week long lockdown to prevent the second wave of Covid-19. Like other districts, Gopalganj administration is trying to maintain the lockdown successfully in Gopalganj. Seasonal fruit sellers and local traders are facing a huge distress due to the lack of t...
Fewer public transports were noticed on the streets of the capital yesterday – the third day of the on-going 7-day lockdown.Visits to various places of the city showed that the government security agencies were strictly enforcing the health safety rules ensuring physical distancing and use of ...
Flawless transport connectivity between India and Bangladesh has the potential to increase national income of Bangladesh by 17 percent and 8 percent in India, according to a World Bank report.In the report the Washington-based development partner said improved transport connectivity between India an...
Khandaker Enayet Ullah, general secretary of the Dhaka Road Transport Owners' Association, said that buses and other public transportations would continue to run on the streets of Dhaka city, suburbs and the inter-district routes during the strike today called by Hefazat-e-Islam. He said this in...
Women-only transport services launched over the last few years by the government and the private sector, have been going through difficulties from the onset of the launch.These initiatives, be they public or private, gradually become inactive either due to their insufficient numbers, unavailability,...
Drivers of hundreds of vehicles are allegedly selling large quantities of fuel oil to a syndicate every day on the Dhaka-Chattogram highway in Parihalpara area of Cumilla. The trade of stolen oil, led by the head of the syndicate Ronnie is being run at two separate rented shops on the Dhaka-bou...
Editorial
The World Bank’s latest report titled “Connecting to Thrive: Challenges and Opportunities of Transport Integration in Eastern South Asia,” says a seamless transport link between India and Bangladesh will increase the national income of both the countries. The seamless transpor...
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