Sylhet transport strike called off
Leaders of the Sylhet district unity association of road transport owners and workers on Tuesday postponed their indefinite strike, nearly seven hours after its beginning...
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Sylhet transport strike begins today
Sylhet Zila Sarak Paribahan Malik-Sramik Oikya Parishad, a combined platform of the district road transport owners and workers, on Monday announced that they would go on a transport strike for indefinite period in the district from today...
National managers should break inertia to make roads safe
THE road transport system continues to be plagued with an entrenched culture of lawlessness, weak regulation and consequent accidents. The latest Road Safety Foundation report says that 696 died and 1,867 became injured in 689 traffic accidents in June alone. This comes down to an average of 23 death a day. This also marks a 22.55 per cent increase in fatalities from...
Sylhet stone traders, workers announce strike from July 5
Sylhet District Stone Traders and Workers Unity Council on Wednesday threatened to go for a indefinite transport strike from Saturday if their five-point demand, including opening stone quarries for extracting stones in manual process and withdrawal of the deputy commissioner, were not met by Friday...
Effective public transport system a must to end road chaos
The chaos that marks the road regime appears to have only worsened, with the public transport system, especially in Dhaka, further descending into disarray. The interim government, despite its efforts to address several pressing issues, seems to have paid inadequate attention to the growing anarchy on the road. Dhaka roads have, meanwhile, become increasingly...
Alternative transport on rise聽as public transport in chaos
The public transport system, particularly in Dhaka city, has descended into greater turmoil, as the interim government could establish little order in the virtually lawless sector it inherited from the autocratic Awami League regime.聽
Road transport sector should be on govt鈥檚 reform agenda
PUBLIC transport remains unsafe and the government has so far kept the sector off its reform platter. The Passenger Welfare Association of Bangladesh reports that at least 614 people died and 1,196 became injured in 597 road accidents in May. April was equally deadly, with the death of at least 583 people and injuries to 1,202 in 567 accidents. The highest 33.5 per cent of...
Tk聽46,308cr cut from 33 projects
The interim government has reduced about Tk聽46,308 crore in costs in 33 projects under the ministries of road transport and bridges, railways and power, energy and mineral resources...
Govt should head off all ills around sacrificial animals
EID comes every time with some concern for the authorities to attend to. It is mostly the safety of people when they leave the capital city for outlying areas before Eid and when they get back to the city after Eid. So many people travelling at a time burdens the transport network and the system, with traffic accidents taking place, causing fatalities and injuries. The burden...
Transport, communication get highest dev allocations again
The transport and communication heading of the budget has received the highest allocation in the development component under the proposed budget for the financial year 2025鈥�26...
Transport, communication get highest allocation for 13th consecutive year
The transport and communication sector has received the highest allocation in the development component of the proposed national budget for the 2025鈥�2026 financial year.
Public transport fare reduction demanded as fuel prices drop
Rights body Passenger Welfare Association of Bangladesh has demanded reduction in public transport fares as fuel oil prices have dropped...
Transport reform still stuck in traffic
EACH Eid, millions of Bangladeshis undertake long journeys to reunite with loved ones, carrying with them gifts, savings and hopes. These homecomings, rooted in ritual and emotion, are meant to be moments of joy. Yet, with alarming regularity, they are punctuated by devastating reports of road crashes. This year was no different. The Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity...
Licences on sale, footpaths for rent
IF DANTE had been born in Dhaka, I suspect he wouldn鈥檛 have written about nine circles of hell 鈥� he would have simply described a morning commute involving the BRTA and a short stroll along a Bangladeshi footpath. Because truly, what else but infernal suffering could explain a place where getting a driving licence requires divine intervention, a briefcase full of...
Transport-related authorities under one umbrella sought
The special assistant to the chief adviser, Sheik Moinuddin, at a dialogue on Saturday said that all transport related authorities should come under one umbrella...
Govt should mend transport system to stop forced walking
WALKING is a good exercise. But this is not so when it becomes involuntary, especially amidst a poor environment for walking. An increased share of walking in daily trips in the greater Dhaka area 鈥� which is composed of, wholly and partly, five districts of the Dhaka division which are Dhaka, Narayanganj, Gazipur, Narsingdi and Munshiganj 鈥� appears to be no sign...
Form monitoring body to stop Sitalakhya pollution: HC
The High Court on Tuesday directed the chairman of the Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Authority to form a monitoring committee to prevent industrial waste and polluted water from being discharged into the Sitalakhya River in Narayanganj...
Bus, auto-rickshaw services halted for 2nd day in Bhola
Internal bus and CNG-run auto-rickshaw services across five routes in Bhola remained suspended for the second consecutive day on Monday, following a violent clash among transport workers that erupted on Sunday, causing severe hardship for passengers...
Time for govt to bolster city transport system
A DECLINING use of buses in the capital, largely because of no improvement in services, on part of users, and the absence of fresh investment, on part of operators, is worrying. Without an efficient and functional public transport system, the capital city stands the chance of getting out of the reach of the poor, low- and fixed-income people, forcing them to use expensive...
Extension of ongoing MRT lines on cards
Proposals have been made in the under-formulation Revised Strategic Transport Plan for greater Dhaka to extend the existing route and two under-construction routes of the metro rail...
Campaign launched to stop harassment of women
A campaign was launched on Thursday to ensure a harassment-free environment for women in public transport in the capital...
BRTA suspends registration of bus over loss of roof in accident
The Bangladesh Road Transport Authority has suspended the registration of the rashly-driven bus that lost its roof amid the driver鈥檚 desperate bid to escape after an accident...
Worrying govt failure to keep unfit vehicles off road
MORE than 600,000 registered motor vehicles still running on the road with their fitness certificates not having been updated after they have had repeated bans on their movement is a cause for concern. The Road Transport Authority figures until mid-March show that the number of motor vehicles registered with the agency is 6.296 million whilst 9.7 per cent of them have...
Moinuddin joins as special assistant
Sheikh Moinuddin on Sunday joined as special assistant to interim government鈥檚 chief adviser with the status of state minister and executive authority over the ministry of road transport and bridges...
132 killed, 208 injured in Eid road crashes: BRTA
At least 132 people were killed and 208 injured in 110 road crashes across the country during the Eid-ul-Fitr vacation, according to data published by the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority...
Joint drive against unfit vehicles in city
Bangladesh Road Transport Authority and Dhaka Metropolitan Police jointly conducted a drive against unfit vehicles in the city on Friday.
Training drivers to prevent harassment in public transport
A five-day training workshop for bus drivers and helpers has begun in Dhaka to prevent sexual harassment in public transport...
Salim Ullah made new BIWTC chairman
Additional secretary Md Salim Ullah has recently joined as chairman of Bangladesh Inland Water Transport Corporation...
EID JOURNEY: Advance train, bus tickets from March 14
Bangladesh Railway and the private bus operators are going to start selling advance train and bus tickets from March 14 ahead of the Eid-ul-Fitr...
Transport workers block roads in Ctg
Public transport workers staged a protest at a special traffic police drive against unauthorised vehicles and illegal parking in Chattogram city, blocking roads with vehicles on Saturday.