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After a long period of coronavirus outbreak, the train started running with 50 percent passengers. From today (September 16), 100 percent passenger transport has started in the train in compliance with the hygiene rules.Train tickets have started selling in compliance with the hygiene rules. Half of...
Prime Mover Trailer Workers Union in Chattogram is on strike with a five points demand on Saturday morning.Due to this, all types of container transport are closed in Chittagong port and other cities.The five-point demands includes issuance of employment letters to workers, implementation of minimum...
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City dwellers who cannot afford private transports are seemingly reluctant to travel by public transports as they fear they would come into contact with the COVID-19 infections inside vehicles.This has happened because people fear that shared public transport services do not follow physical distanci...
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Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Tuesday said actions will be taken against the public transports which will not abide by the government directives, reports BSS.“Many public transports follow rules on streets and they did it during the coronavirus crisis as well. Actions w...
Public transport and long-distance buses are returning to their previous fares from today by withdrawing the 60 percent increase in fares increased during the coronavirus period. As a result, passengers do not have to pay extra fare. At the same time, the obligation to leave 50 percent seats vacant ...
As public transports will carry passengers at their full capacity with previous fare from today (Tuesday), worries pervade as to what extent health rules, including social distancing, will be obeyed in the mass transports amidst the rising corona infections.However, the experts said it would be a to...
Considering the overall situation and public interest, the government has decided to reinstate previous fare of public transports allowing them to carry passengers at full capacity against seats from September 1. Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader disclosed it on Saturday. ...
All pubilc transports will once again run on the prvious fare under certain terms and conditions, informed Obaidul Quader, Minister for Road Trasnport and Bridges while exchanging views with the officials of BRTA and BRTC of Dhaka zone through video conference from his house on Saturday morning.&nbs...
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Bangladesh National Awami Party (Bangladesh NAP) has demanded the decrease of additional 60 percent public transport fare because of not maintaining health rules and carrying of excessive passengers in all public transports. Chairman of the party Jebel Rahman Ghaani and Secretary General M Gola...
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The situation in most of the public transports in the country is precarious as health safety rules are being disregarded. Transport owners are carrying passengers in full seat capacity and ignoring the need for social distancing. There are allegations that transport owners are showing absolutel...
Most of the public transports across the country are allegedly carrying passengers in full seat capacity without maintaining health safety regulations.Allegations say that most of the road transport authorities, despite realizing extra amount of fare on top of the regular fixed fare, are operating i...
The Consumers Association of Bangladesh (CAB) Kishoreganj has called on the authorities of Ministry of Road Transport and Bridges and Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) and requested them to take necessary measures in order to withdraw the double bus fare and bring it back to its former posi...
The Consumers Association of Bangladesh (CAB) Chittagong has called on the Ministry of Road Transport and Bridges and BRTA to withdraw the doubled bus fare and bring it back to its former position in corona virus.CAB Central Committee Vice President SM Nazer Hossain, CAB Chittagong Divisional Genera...
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The West Zone of Bangladesh Railway will operate two pairs of trains to carry sacrificial animals to Dhaka from both northern and southern zones ahead of the Eid-Ul-Azha, reports BSS.One pair of the cattle special train will be running on Chapai Nawabgonj-Dhaka-Chapainawabganj route via Rajshahi whi...
Clearing the confusions among the people whether passenger vehicles would run on streets during the forthcoming Eid-ul-Azha, Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Thursday said the public transports will be in operation across the country during the Eid holidays, reports BSS.“C...
The decision to allow the movement of public transport during Eid-ul-Adha may further deteriorate the coronavirus situations across the country as vehicles are tend to not comply with the hygiene guidelines, experts say.On Thursday, Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader in a video messa...
The risk of coronavirus transmission has increased to a great extent as most bus owners in general continue to defy government directives on strictly maintaining physical distance in operating public transports.Worried passengers have complained that health safety or maintaining hygiene is not being...
Railways Minister Md Nurul Islam Sujon on Tuesday said Bangladesh Railways (BR) has undertaken a plan to transport sacrificial animals from the northern and the western regions to Dhaka and Chattogram at conventional fares during the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha, reports BSS.For this, the possible dates, ro...
The country’s transport sector is caught between a rock and a hard place as the rising trend of virus cases and fatalities has created passenger crisis.With the increased fare, public transport is not available, and even if it is available, in many cases the hygiene rules are not being followe...
Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Wednesday warned that the government would take legal actions against the public transports which are not following health guidelines and realising extra fares from the passengers amid the coronavirus (Covid-19) crisis, reports BSS.“Most of...
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