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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...
National,Front Page
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...
All Section,City
Although public transport is supposed to be plying in accordance with the health rules, it is not being followed in Chattogram city. They do not keep any hand sanitizer or disinfectant in public transport. Chittagong Metropolitan Police (CMP) has been conducting drive against public transport n...
Conditions on which fare hikes of up to 60 percent for public transports were authorized, remain almost unmet.Most of the public transports are not carrying passengers maintaining social distancing or following health directives. Under these circumstances, the risk of the deadly coronavirus spreadin...
National
Most of the buses in Chattogram are carrying huge number of passengers without following the rules of passenger transport. However, a different situation was seen in the case of train. According to the announcement of the Ministry of Railways, the train left Chattogram with half the capacity of pass...
Editorial
The country is slowly returning to its previous mobility with the increase in transportation around the country. However, the government has issued a notice regarding the increment of public transport fares by 60 per cent amid the coronavirus epidemic. The notice issued on Sunday has received m...
Reopening of public transport services may cause further deterioration in spreading of the highly contagious coronavirus in Bangladesh, experts fear. They said the country may face a further increase in COVID-19 cases and deaths if it reopens public transport movement without fully implementing...
Tangail Correspondent Superintendent of Police (SP) of Tangail Sanjit Kumar Roy has distributed food items among the transport workers who have lost their jobs due to coronavirus on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr. Food items were distributed among more than 700 workers at the Tangail Collecto...
Jahangir Hossain, Ishwardi Although the litchi cultivators in Ishwardi of Pabna are expecting a bumper production of the fruit, they are worried over smooth transportation of the fruit outside for the closure of public transport due to the ongoing Coronavirus situation. Litchi growers in ...
Though 45 days have already elapsed since the shutdown, transport leaders are still to stand beside the workers of the sector.Most transport workers earned on a daily basis, and are now the worst sufferers passing inhuman lives across the country.However, none has come forward with helping hands to ...
Transport workers staged demonstration in Lalmonirhat and Panchagarh on Sunday demanding urgent food aid.The transport workers of Kaliganj upazila gathered near Rawsha Filling Station in Lalmonirhat around 10:30am and blocked the Lalmonirhat-Burimari road for an hour. Hundreds of vehicles -- i...
The Jatri Kalyan Samity, a passengers’ welfare organisation, requested the government to take immediate measures to disinfect all vehicles running on roads and highways to curb the transmission of coronavirus, reports UNB.Samity Secretary Genarl Mozammel Haque Chowdhury made the demand in a me...
Bus and truck workers on Tuesday blocked the road in front of the Gabtoli inter-district bus terminal in Dhaka for more than two hours demanding lift of the ban on movement of public transports, report agencies.They also demanded supply of relief materials for them as they remained unemployed for th...
A large number of transport workers have been passing a very tough time as their only earning source is halted amid the general holiday due to Coronavirus pandemic. Their woes and jeopardy to run their families are now colossal. And this situation may be deteriorated for the transport workers as the...
Amid the countrywide shutdown announced by the government to prevent the spread of coronavirus, transport workers in Khulna say they are facing difficulties as they are not getting any food and financial aid from the local administration, reports UNB. Workers accused the transport owners of ear...
Around four hundred transport workers on Tuesday staged demonstrations on Dhaka-Aricha highway in Savar demanding immediate stoppage of extortion in transport sector, quick resumption of public transports and relief assistance for transport workers amid the countrywide lockdown.However, the demonstr...
Business & Commerce
State Minister for Shipping Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury on Wednesday sought cooperation of the owners of cargo vessels and container ships to keep on the transportation of food and goods through the waterways.“The government is trying its best to keep the naval routes in operation to maintain the ...
During the current Boro season, the administration has taken an extraordinary initiative to tackle the crisis of paddy workers in the haor area. Workers interested in harvesting paddy can harvest paddy in Haor area with the permission of local UP chairman and Upazila Nirbahi Officer. For this, ...
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