National,Front Page
Metro rail stations, toll plazas of the Dhaka Elevated Expressway, BRTC depots, BRTA headquarters and its Mirpur office have been wrecked massively by vandalism and arson attacks during the violence over the students’ quota movement across the country.The losses suffered by the Roa...
Business & Commerce
Saudia, the national flag carrier of Saudi Arabia, has successfully concluded the first phase of operations for its Hajj season 1445H, marked by the completion of arrival flights. In total 509,000 pilgrims will attend Hajj this year with over 85,000 from Bangaldesh. The last flight (SV5827), ar...
Prime Bank PLC. has partnered with B-Trac Solutions Ltd to ensure a safe transportation of working women during the journey of their working life.Recently a Signing Ceremony was held between the organizations in bank’s Gulshan corporate office. Shams Abdullah Muhaimin, Deputy Managing Director...
City
More than 90% of passengers have to pay two to three times the fare to go home during Eid holidays.Meanwhile, the government is busy pleasing the transport owners, said Secretary General of Jatri Kalyan Samity Mozammel Haque Chowdhury."Although the government announces it will take strict measu...
Jobs
Are you looking for a new job?The Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority BIWTA Office is hiring! They are inviting applications from students who are interested in their job circular, and this includes new posts as well! All relevant information about the appointment process can be found on our...
Bangladesh Auto-Rickshaw Light Vehicle Transport Workers Federation (BALTWF) has demanded the implementation of law to issue formal appointment letters by the transport owners to drivers and other workers of the auto-rickshaws and light vehicles.Addressing a discussion meeting at Dhaka Reporte...
The National Economic Council (NEC) on Thursday approved a Taka 2.65 lakh crore Annual Development Programme (ADP) for the next fiscal year (FY25), putting the highest allocation of Taka 70,687.75 crore (26.67%) in the transport and communication sector.The approval came from the meeting of the Nati...
Transport and power sectors may get the highest allocation in the Annual Development Programme as the government has estimated Tk 2 lakh 65 thousand crore for the next fiscal year to run development activities.Of the estimated cost, Tk 1 lakh 65 thousand crore will be spent from internal resources w...
National,Back Page
Bangladesh is reaching another milestone in fuel oil transportation. Fuel oil will be supplied from Chattogram to Dhaka through the pipeline. If everything goes well, fuel oil will be transported from Chattogram to Dhaka in December. Earlier, the pipeline from Maheshkhali in Cox's Bazar to...
The government plans to substantially increase public investments across key sectors such as road, rail, bridge, shipping, civil aviation, and telecommunications. These initiatives are strategically aimed at transforming Bangladesh into an upper middle-income country by 2031 and a smart developed co...
Country, Districts
Greater Chattogram Transport Owners Sramik Oikya Parishad on Saturday called a 48-hour strike to meet four-point demands, including protesting road blockades and setting cars on fire in connection with the death of two students of Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology (CUET). The...
Extortion is still a major cause of chaos and anarchy in the road transport sector of the country.The situation is turning very worrisome due to the involvement of a section of law-enforcement personnel, political leaders and transport leaders in the illicit acts.Road safety experts say it is not po...
A transport worker died after falling in the Padma River in the Daulatdia upazila of Rajbari on Friday.The incident happened at 7:00 am at the Daulatdia Launch terminal.The deceased was identified as Md Firoz Sheikh (28) of Manikganj’s Shibaloy upazila. He worked as an assistant for the Selfie...
The only means of transport for 11 char-villages in the river Padma under Bagha upazila of Rajshahi is the Buffalo-driven carts. Many people of these char villages earned their living by carrying goods on the Buffalo carts. It is learnt, there are 11 char villages in the river Padma under Chalk...
The National Economic Council (NEC) on Tuesday approved a Tk 2,45,000 crore Revised Annual Development Programme (RADP) for the current fiscal year (FY24) prioritising on sectors like road transport, communication, energy and power.The approved RADP is Taka 18,000 crore or 6.84 percent lower than th...
After a long wait, crude oil transportation is starting from Kutubdia through the pipeline marking a significant milestone in Bangladesh’s energy infrastructure. Crude oil transportation will start from Kutubdia to the Eastern Refinery in Patenga on February 29 for the first time. This pr...
A transport worker was killed after a truck ran him over in Golapbagh area in the capital Dhaka early Friday.Deceased Sajib Rahman was a bus driver of Raida Paribahan. The truck ran him over when he was crossing the road, leaving him critically injured, Sajib's father Md Shah A...
World
A Singapore cabinet minister has been charged with corruption, in a rare case that has shocked a nation which prides itself on squeaky-clean governance.Subramaniam Iswaran pleaded not guilty to 27 charges including "obtaining gratification as a public servant".He is known for overseeing Si...
An advanced and eco-friendly transportation system needs to be established to ensure the smooth movement of people, also for the sustainable development of Bangladesh, and Rangs Motors is working relentlessly to play its part in this regard, said the CEO of Rangs Motors Limited, Ahmed Shahriar Anwar...
Transport officials and police began separate investigations at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport on Wednesday, a day after a large passenger plane and a Japanese coast guard aircraft collided on the runway and burst into flames, killing five people.The accident occurred Tuesday evening when the Japan Ai...
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