National,Front Page
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...
National,Back Page
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...
City
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...
Business & Commerce
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...
Public transports like local buses or regular route buses and private cars will be allowed for movement on the polling day so that voters can go to the polling centers to cast their votes easily. "How will the voters go to the polling centers if the movement of all transports is banned? Co...
Since October 28, the BNP continued their political programmes like hartals and blockades throwing the transport sector into a deep crisis.The owners are incurring loss around Tk239 crore per day while the workers are passing in inhuman lives due to serious financial hardship caused by the hartal an...
The relentless blockade and strikes orchestrated by the BNP are wreaking havoc on the transport sector causing it to bear the brunt of a financial turmoil. The loss in the transport sector has so far amounted to Tk 12335 crore. Businesses reliant on smooth transport operations face unprece...
Rapid Action Battalion’s Legal and Media Wing Director Commander Khandaker Al Moin on Saturday said that RAB is going undercover as passengers on public transports to prevent arson attacks on the streets. He made the remarks while addressing a press conference held at the RAB Media Center...
Editorial
Country’s transport sector is bearing the brunt of the BNP-Jamaat enforced blockade as it is incurring loss around Tk239 crore per day. Fearing arson attacks, the owners of passenger buses, coaches, trucks and covered vans either stopped plying their vehicles or reduced trips. The buses, truck...
Information and Broadcasting Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud on Friday said BNP activists attack the people and burnt public transports in the name of movement and the party leaders are announcing blockade programmes from caves."It is not the work of a political party. Those are activities of terroris...
Country, Districts
Residents and tourists faced severe disruptions due to a transport strike in Cox's Bazar organized by the Bangladesh Sarak Paribahan Malik-Sramik Oikya Parishad taking place from 6am-6pm on Wednesday. The strike, called with seven demands, affected long-distance vehicle movement between Chi...
The death toll from the sinking of a boat in the Congo river last week has risen to 47, with many people still missing, the Democratic Republic of Congo's transport minister said Monday.The initial report by authorities from the northwest Equateur province on Sunday said 28 bodies had been pulle...
Integrated efforts of all entities concerned including Rajshahi City Corporation (RCC), Rajshahi Metropolitan Police (RMP), Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) and other stakeholders can be the best way of making transports of passengers and goods in the metropolis safe.All concerned, particu...
At least twenty people were injured as bus workers clashed with those of CNG-run three-wheelers at Sabaihat and Ferighat areas at Manda upazila in Naogoan on Friday.Following the clashes, bus and three-wheeler communications between Rajshahi-Naogaon districts were suspended at 3.00pm for an indefini...
A transport worker was killed at a road crash at Sayedabad in Dhaka city. The deceased was identified as Md Sumon, 36, a resident of Noakhali Sadar who worked for Lal Sobuj Paribahan as a bus driver’s aide.The road crash took place at 10:30 pm on Saturday, according to Inspector Md Bachch...
Due to heavy rains and landslides, the local administration has banned movement of all types of water vessels in Rangamati’s Kaptai Lake until further notice.Rangamati Deputy Commissioner Mohammad Mosharraf Hossain Khan has announced the suspension of all types of boating in Kaptai Lake from S...
World,Back Page
Hundreds of flights across Italy were canceled Saturday, forcing travelers at the peak of tourist season to make alternate plans, after air transport unions went ahead with a planned work stoppage two days following a train strike that paralyzed rail service.Summertime in Italy is often the peak sea...
The Sylhet District Bus-Minibus Workers' Union has called off the indefinite strike within six hours of the announcement on assurances from the authorities.After a meeting with the Deputy Commissioner of Sylhet on Tuesday evening, the organization withdrew from the decision. District Bus-Minibus...
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