Eyeing robotaxis, Tesla hiring NY car operator
Tesla is recruiting a motorist to test its driver-assistance technology in New York with an eye towards autonomous driving, according to a job listing reviewed by AFP on Wednesday...
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Czech driverless train hits open track
A rail line linking two northern Czech towns is testing Europe鈥檚 first driverless train operating in an open environment, its developer told AFP on Tuesday...
Bus services halted over attack on driver in C鈥檔awabganj
Bus services on the Chapainawabganj-Rajshahi route remained suspended since Monday morning following a dispute between transport workers of the two districts...
CNG drivers block Banani road, causing congestion
A group of CNG-run auto-rickshaw drivers on Sunday blocked the main road in front of the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority office at Banani in Dhaka, crippling traffic for about six hours on the Uttara鈥揗ohakhali road and causing huge sufferings to the people...
Car driver arrested over rape of teenage girl in Sylhet
A private car driver was arrested from Sylhet on Tuesday night on charges of kidnap and rape of an adolescent girl, confining her in a hotel...
Bus driver held over Ctg crash that killed 11
The Rapid Action Battalion has arrested a bus driver who had been on the run since a crash that resulted in the deaths of 11 passengers, including children...
Indian truck driver held with 20 Bangladeshi passports at Benapole
An Indian truck driver was held with 20 Bangladeshi passports at Benapole in Jashore on Thursday.
12 injured as auto-rickshaw drivers attack NCC building
Twelve people, including some officials of Narayanganj City Corporation, were injured in an attack by the unauthorised auto-rickshaw drivers at the corporation鈥檚 building in Narayanganj on Monday...
Fugitive bus driver arrested in Gaibandha
The Rapid Action Battalion has arrested a fugitive bus driver in connection with a fatal road accident that killed two people at Palashbari in Gaibandha in the past year...
Ex-DGHS driver Malek, wife jailed in graft case
A Dhaka court on Wednesday sentenced Abdul Malek, formerly a driver of the Directorate General of Health Services, to five-year imprisonment and his wife Nargis Begum to three-year in jail for amassing illegal wealth...
Car driver injured as train hits vehicle in Sylhet
A car driver was injured when an intercity train hit his vehicle at a railway level crossing in Fenchuganj upazila of Sylhet Tuesday noon...
Auto-rickshaw drivers protest at police harassment
Auto-rickshaw drivers on Sunday blocked the road in front of Kotwali police station in Chattogram protesting at police harassment, including arbitrary fines and extortion...
Container transport in CTG at halt
Prime mover and trailer workers in Chattogram on Wednesday went on strike, demanding justice for a prime mover driver and his assistants who were allegedly assaulted during an altercation between security guards and transport workers at the DC Park in Sitakunda鈥檚 Faujdarhat area...
CNG drivers hold street protest at Mohakhali
A group of CNG-run auto-rickshaw drivers on Monday blocked the Banani road bringing traffic to a standstill in the capital鈥檚 Mohakhali area, causing immense suffering to the commuters in the city...
BYD Bangladesh to train local drivers on NEVs
BYD has launched a training campaign in Dhaka for local drivers to equip them with knowledge and training required for driving new energy vehicles or NEVs, said a press release...
12 injured in transport workers鈥� clash in Rajshahi
At least 12 people were injured on Tuesday when transport workers attacked CNG-powered three-wheeler drivers in Rajshahi city, following a feud between the two groups over a prior incident, said police...
Truck workers block Satrasta in Dhaka
A group of truck workers blocked the road at Dhaka鈥檚 Satrasta intersection in the Tejgaon Industrial Area for over an hour on Tuesday protesting at the reported arrest of Bangladesh Truck-Covered Van Drivers Union president Talukder Mohammed Monir...
Rickshaw driver held over JU student鈥檚 death
Jahangirnagar University鈥檚 security officials handed over a battery-run rickshaw driver to police on Monday, following allegations of reckless driving that caused the death of a first-year student on November 19...
Drivers to stage demo in city today
Battery-run rickshaw drivers on Saturday announced to hold a sit-in programme in front of the National Press Club in the capital today for realising their demand to scrap the High Court鈥檚 November 19 order to stop plying of battery-run rickshaws on Dhaka city roads...
Microbus driver hacked to death in Naogaon
A microbus driver was hacked to death allegedly by rivals over a piece of land at Naogaon sadar upazila on Wednesday...
Battery-run rickshaw drivers block city roads
Battery-run rickshaw drivers blocked several roads in the capital demanding access to the main roads of the city on Wednesday, a day after the High Court ordered a ban on battery-run rickshaws on Dhaka streets...
Miscreants kill auto-rickshaw driver, steal the vehicle
Unidentified miscreants murdered an auto-rickshaw driver before stealing his vehicle at Sirajdikhan upazila of Munshiganj district on Saturday...
Last journey in brother鈥檚 lap
Md Sujan, a truck driver鈥檚 assistant, was caught in a clash between students demanding reforms in civil service job reservations and the law enforcers, aided by Awami League people, on his way back home at Mohammadpur on July 20...
Auto-rickshaw driver stabbed to death in city, case filed
A battery-run auto-rickshaw driver was stabbed to death allegedly by a group of muggers at Basabo slope of Khilgaon flyover in Dhaka on Saturday...
JS body for psychological tests while appointing BRTC drivers
The parliamentary standing committee on road transport and bridges ministry on Thursday emphasised the importance of incorporating psychological tests while appointing BRTC drivers...
Shortage of skilled drivers must be urgently addressed
UNSKILLED and unlicensed drivers are named as main reasons for increased fatalities on the road, but no effective action is taken to improve the situation. There are around 71.61 lakh driving licences against 59.98 lakh registered motor vehicles...
Unskilled, unlicensed drivers prowl roads
Many efforts to improve drivers鈥� skills and regulate unlicensed ones have failed over the years, resulting in a high number of road accidents that kill...