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Speakers at a workshop have called for introducing green transport system in Bangladesh in the interest of protection of the environment, mitigation of climate risk and sustainable development. Emphasising the importance of safe transportation, participants and organisers of the workshop recomm...
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About 15 percent of carbon emissions are from the transport sector and most of the emissions are from trucks and buses. To this end, eco-friendly vehicles need to be launched, and alternative fuel sources have to be found.Speakers in a workshop titled “Green Transport and Just Transition ...
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Extortion is going on in front of the administration at Shasnagachha bus stand of Sadar upazila, the entrance of Comilla metropolis. From the owners and drivers of different vehicles, in the name of the city corporation different amount of money was collected every day through unknown group peo...
Speakers at a views-exchange meeting on Thursday (February 17) called for building urban transportation system with priority to safe walking environment.They said that everyone from children to the elderly needs to be able to walk comfortably. If a city is safe and accessible to people from all walk...
In Kishoreganj, there is a strong syndicate of transport owners who have become desperate day by day in one or the other political arena. Irregularities in the sector are on the rise due to the political involvement of transport owners. Due to the involvement of political leaders in the transport bu...
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Vaccination of public transport workers began on Wednesday morning at the capital’s Mohakhali Bus Terminal.The programme was inaugurated by Dr Md Shamsul Haque, member secretary of Covid-19 vaccine management committee of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).He said, “Vaccin...
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The government does not have any statistic about how many transport workers got vaccinated against the Covid-19. It is disconcerting to note that most of the drivers, conductors and helpers of different types of vehicles including buses have not taken vaccines yet. An overwhelming majority of transp...
The bus route rationalization program, which will be launched on December 26, will gradually restore order in the entire public transport scenario of the capital. Mayor of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) Sheikh Fazle Noor Taposh made the comment after the inauguration of the pedestrian cros...
The Energy and Mineral Resources Division has taken an initiative to conduct a survey on the fuel use of public transports with the Hydrocarbon Unit being instructed to do the job, an official said. The number of registered motor vehicles in the country is 49 lakh 71 thousand 535. Although 20 t...
Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry on Monday recommended taking an initiative to conduct a survey on the fuel use of mass transport.The parliamentary watchdog came up with the recommendation at its 21st meeting held at Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban here with...
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Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal on Thursday said the government is monitoring the issue of charging extra fare from passengers in public transports.“We are monitoring collection of extra fare on public transports,” he told journalist after a programme at Tejgaon Women's College ...
The government has instructed to increase the fare in the face of the workers' movement after raising the price of diesel. Although the directive was given only for diesel-powered vehicles, the drivers-helpers of various gas-powered vehicles have been accused of taking extra fare. Th...
A conductor pushed a passenger out of a running bus in Lalkhan Bazar area of Chattogram city on Friday night. The ill-fated passenger was thrown on to the street as he refused to pay excess fare. Such grim scenario is prevailing everywhere throughout the country because of the latest increase in tra...
Public transport officials have called off the strike in Chittagong following the government's decision. However, the transport leaders did not withdraw the strike in response to various demands including the appropriate decision of the government. Meanwhile, traders fear severe loss...
Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity has demanded that the government fix a fair and reasonable bus and launch fare by rejecting the increased fares.The organization's secretary general Md Mozammel Haque Chowdhury called on the government to make the changes at a press conference held at the Shishu Ka...
Bangladesh Road Transport Owners' Association Sunday called off transport strike following the government's move of re-fixing the bus fare.The transport association enforced the indefinite strike of public transport, trucks and lorries from Friday morning with the demand of re-fixing bus far...
The country's leading Readymade Garment (RMG) export sector which has just started recovering from the pandemic is at the highest risk due to the closure of transport.Industry owners said that if this situation is prolonged, there could be a big crisis in all export-oriented sectors of the count...
The ongoing indefinite strike called by transport owners protesting against fuel price hike continued to cripple normal life in the country for the last two days. Normal life has come to a standstill across the country as commercial operators continued to keep buses, coaches, truck, covered van, tan...
Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Friday urged transport owners and workers to withdraw their strike considering the plight of students and general people.He came up with the call while speaking at a press briefing at his official residence.Quader, also Awami League General Secre...
Finding no buses on the road on the first day of the countrywide transport strike on Friday, common passengers across the country were seen travelling long distances on foot.The indefinite-term long transport strike started across the country from Friday morning in protest of the hike in diesel and ...
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