National,Back Page
A recent social media post falsely alleged that the Bangladesh Army provided transportation support to a political party for one of its events using army-branded buses. Bangladesh Army has categorically denied the claim, calling it completely false, misleading, and deliberately crafted to tarni...
National
Despite being one of Dhaka’s most vital inter-district transport hubs, Mohakhali Bus Terminal is riddled with disorder, extortion, drug abuse, and lawlessness. The situation raises serious concerns over the safety of passengers and Utter failure of men at the helm to run the terminal in proper...
Country
An indefinite transport strike began in Sylhet on Tuesday morning, causing widespread suffering to commuters and passengers across the city.The Sylhet District Road Transport Owners-Workers Unity Council called the strike on Monday to press home their six-point demands, including the removal of Sylh...
National,Travel & Tourism,Politics,Country
UNB, Sylhet: An indefinite strike, enforced by transport owners and workers over a six-point demand including the removal of the Sylhet Deputy Commissioner and the reopening of all stone quarries, began on Tuesday morning, causing widespread suffering to commuters and passengers across the city.The ...
UNB, Sylhet: Transport owners and workers in Sylhet on Monday called an indefinite transport strike across the district, with effect from Tuesday morning to press home their six-point demand.The announcement came at a press conference held at a city hotel on Monday evening, organized by the Sylhet D...
World
Russia launched over 100 drones targeting civilian areas in Ukraine overnight, Ukrainian officials said on Monday, as the Kremlin dismissed its transport minister following widespread travel disruptions over the weekend caused by fears of Ukrainian drone strikes.At least 10 civilians were killed and...
National,Business,Politics,City,Country
Stone traders and workers in Sylhet on Wednesday announced a transport strike from Saturday, 5 July, if their five-point demand, including the reopening of closed stone quarries, is not met by Friday.The announcement came from a protest rally held at Court Point in the Sylhet city.The five demands a...
National,Politics
Export activities at the Chattogram Port have resumed after the officials of the National Board of Revenue (NBR) withdrew their complete shutdown movement demanding the resignation of the board's chairman and structural reforms instead of NBR's dissolution.After the announcement was made on ...
National,Country
UNB, Kurigram: Daily life in Bhurungamari upazila of Kurigram came to a standstill on Sunday morning after a portion of the deck on the decades-old Sonahat Bridge collapsed, snapping road communication in the area.Locals said the bridge collapsed around 7:30 am when a heavy truck, loaded with stones...
National,Business,City
The government has banned the transportation of rawhide to Dhaka from other districts for 10 days starting the Eid-ul-Azha.The commerce ministry on Tuesday issued a notification in this regard, signed by its senior information officer Md Kamal Hossain.Earlier, the government on May 25 fixed the pric...
National,Business
Benapole, UNB: Commuters faced severe difficulties on Sunday as the indefinite transport strike, enforced by long-route transport owners in Benapole, continued for the second consecutive day.No long-route buses departed from or arrived at Benapole from Dhaka.Transport owners called the strike on Sat...
City
Experts of road safety and high officials of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) emphasised on public transport instead of private car, designated pick-up and drop-off points, and safe infrastructure to facilitate walking from these points in order to ensure safe access to educational institutions f...
Japan is planning to build an automated cargo transport corridor between Tokyo and Osaka, dubbed a “conveyor belt road” by the government, to make up for a shortage of truck drivers.The amount of funding for the project is not yet set. But it's seen as one key way to help the country...
Business
Saudia, the national flag carrier of Saudi Arabia, has reported significant growth in its operational performance for the third quarter of 2024, as outlined in its latest performance report. The airline transported over nine million guests, marking a 10% increase compared to the same perio...
In response to demands from public transport owners, the government has decided to allow six months for the phase-out of old, unfit vehicles in Dhaka.During this period, vehicle owners will be required to switch to environmentally friendly vehicles.Environment, Forest, and Climate Change Adviser Sye...
Shipping adviser Brigadier General (Retd) Dr. M Sakhawat Hussain on Tuesday said measurers would be taken to break syndicate of middlemen controlling goods transportation via river-routes. “To pursue the efforts, the shipping ministry will soon announce a ‘Goods Transportation Poli...
National,Front Page
The suspension of the e-ticketing system has caused chaos again in public transport in different parts of the country, including the capital city. The e-ticketing system was introduced in September of 2022 aimed at bringing discipline to transport sector, ensuring transparency, and easing burde...
Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity observed symbolic ‘Passenger Rights Day’ on Friday (September 13) for the fifth year protesting passenger harassment, fare hike, anarchy in the transport section and road crashes.On the occasion, the Jatri Kalyan Samity arranged a discussion at the National...
Transport owners on Sunday halted traffic on the Chattogram-Cox's Bazar route, protesting attack on transport workers. Due to the sudden strike, the commuters suffered much on the route. As a result, all buses of South Chattogram and Cox’s Bazar were halted.Workers began their protest near...
Due to the ongoing flood situation, transportation of cargo containers of import-export through Chattogram-Dhaka-Chattogram highway and the train route is being hampered. Chattogram Port Authority has given the opportunity to transport containers on the river route in order to resume import and expo...
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