Extortion in Rajshahi transport sector continues
After taking over the Rajshahi Road Transport Group office immediately after the fall of the authoritarian regime of Sheikh Hanisa on August 5, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party...
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Holistic approach needed to discipline city road regime
ENFORCEMENT failure lurks as the authorities meant to keep road regime disciplined have failed to keep unfit and unauthorised vehicles off the road. Unfit vehicles such as buses, trucks, pickups and privately owned cars continue to create chaos on the road in a few ways. Whilst unfit vehicles keep emitting black smoke, adding to the air pollution which often...
Extortion in road transport regime should end early
EXTORTION in the road transport regime appears to have been back to square again in full swing although the amount of money that changed hands during the authoritarian rule of the Awami League, which was toppled on August 5, in the process has come to almost a half in most cases. Yet, this is extortion, which is a crime, and it adds to the bus fare, finally burdening passengers. This also shows the failure of the interim...
Extortions back in Bangladesh's transport sector
The extortions in the country鈥檚 transport sector have got almost back in full swing from the first week of September as police, transport company owners and political leaders allegedly started taking...
BRTA requested to remove old vehicles from roads
The environment, forest and climate change ministry on Sunday sent a letter to the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority requesting removal of buses, minibuses, trucks and covered vans exceeded their economic life from roads in an effort to reduce air pollution...
Ministry asks BRTA to remove unfit vehicles from streets
In an effort to reduce air pollution, the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has sent a letter to the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority requesting it to remove buses and minibuses older than 20 years, and trucks and covered vans older than 25 years from roads.
BRTA, BIWTC, BSCIC get new chairmen
Director general of the department of printing and publications Md Yeasin has been made the new chairman of Bangladesh Road Transport Authority...
Improved air cargo management to enhance export
EFFICIENT cargo handling is crucial for export-driven economies like Bangladesh. Air transport plays a significant role in logistics management, accounting for 6.20 per cent of exports. Due to the short seasonal cycles in the global fashion industry, apparel buyers increasingly rely on air transport to ensure products are shipped within the stipulated time...
Transport workers enforce bus strike in Naogaon
Bus communications between Naogaon and the rest of the country remained suspended on Sunday without any prior notice as the district transport workers enforced a strike for an...
Businesses seek more security for industrial units, goods transport
The country鈥檚 business leaders on Sunday sought more security for factories and goods carrying vehicles on roads and highways...
The conundrums of Bangladeshi politics
ON AUGUST 5, former prime minister Sheikh Hasina boarded a Bangladesh Air Force C-130J military transport in a hurry and fled to Hindon Air Force base, outside Delhi. Her plane was refuelled and reports said that she intended to fly on either to the United Kingdom (her niece, Tulip Siddiq is a minister in the new Labour government), Finland...
Celebrating walking
YEARS ago, while attending the Asian Development Bank鈥檚 Transport Forum, a group of us went on a walking tour. At one point the sidewalk was so narrow pedestrians were in single file, queued up to wait to walk. In the midst of the noise and chaos, someone was burning trash on the sidewalk. The situation was so dismal I started cheering...
Validity of vehicle, licence given auto-extension
The validity of vehicle documents and driving licences has been given auto-extension till September 16 this year as these services under the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority at present remains suspended...
Quader to exchange views with ex-student leaders today
The ruling Awami League general secretary and road transport and bridges minister Obaidul Quader will exchange views with former student leaders on Wednesday...
Ctg Sramik League leader sent to jail in bus arson case
The police arrested the president of a local unit of Sramik League and another person for their alleged involvement in setting a bus of the state-owned Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation on fire in Chattogram city...
Govt must take private accident data seriously for road safety
THE death of three students in road accidents on an average every day, which has happened for five years and a half, as a Road Safety Foundation report published on July 13 says, is as concerning as any other such death. The report says that at least 5,619 students died in traffic accidents in January 2019鈥揓une 2024, noting that 611 students...
Ever-increasing procession of death on roads must stop
THE Road Transport Authority reports that 215 people died and 278 became wounded in 216 accidents around Eid time. The chair of the BRTA has urged the public to adhere to traffic laws and criticised civic groups for their recent reports on road accidents...
BRTA reports 215 killed in road crashes during Eid
A Bangladesh Road Transport Authority report revealed on Tuesday that 215 people were killed and 278 others injured in 216 road crashes between June 13 and June 24 during the last Eid journeys...
One shot, another stabbed in Natore over transport sector disputes
A youth was shot and another stabbed by rivals in Natore city over disputes related to establishing supremacy in the bus transport sector early...
BRTA server problem causes sufferings to service seekers
Many service seekers in the capital are complaining about delay at banks in paying their fees to the banks working jointly with the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority...
Integrated ticketing system law nears finalisation
The government is set to finalise a law, introducing an integrated ticketing system for all public transports, including road, waterways, railways, and airways...
BRTC Eid special services from June 13
The state-owned Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation will start its six-day special bus services across the country from June 13 ahead of Eid-ul-Azha...
BRTA reattempts to register motor vehicle workshops after 12 years
The Bangladesh Road Transport Authority has restarted an initiative after 12 years to bring the motor vehicle workshops under registration as required by the Road Transport Act, 2018...
Airlines soar towards passenger, revenue records
Airlines will fly almost five billion passengers in 2024 and revenues will near $1 trillion, both record highs, trade body IATA said on Monday as the industry roars back after the pandemic...
IATA calls on Bangladesh to release $320m owed to foreign airlines
The International Air Transport Association, in a media release issued on Sunday, called on Bangladesh to release revenues of foreign airlines totalling $320 million, which were currently being blocked 鈥榠n contravention of international agreements鈥�, immediately...
Govt shouldn鈥檛 let train services operation out to private hands
THIS is a good piece of news that the railway authorities, which run keeping to the Railways Act 1890, are updating the legislation understandably to keep pace with the changed context of the modern world...
One arrested over harassing JU female student
The police on Thursday arrested a transport worker on allegation of attempting to sexually harass a female student of Jahangirnagar University on a moving bus on her way to the university campus on May 14...
A welcome decision that needs to be properly implemented
The decision not to allow battery-run vehicles on roads in the capital city is welcome. The road transport and bridges minister at the first meeting of the Road Transport Authority advisory council committee on May 15 instructed authorities not to allow battery-run vehicles...
Battery-run vehicles banned from city roads
The road transport and bridges minister, Obaidul Quader, on Wednesday instructed the authorities concerned not to allow battery-run vehicles on Dhaka city roads...
Speed cap fixed at 80kmph
The government has fixed the maximum speed limit for motor vehicles at 80 kilometres per hour in an attempt to reduce road crashes...