Faulty design and negligence by the contractor and consulting firms may had caused the recent Metro route鈥檚 bearing pad fall incident that claimed the life of a pedestrian, said Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited managing director Faruque Ahmed on Monday.
People blockaded the railway tracks on Saturday at Sylhet and six other junctions and stations in Sylhet division, pressing for an eight-point demand, including the addition of two new trains on the Sylhet-Dhaka and Sylhet-Cox鈥檚 Bazar routes....
Metro rail services on the entire Uttara-Motijheel route in the capital Dhaka resumed on Thursday after service disruption due to operational complications in the Farmgate area in the previous day...
The Asian Development Bank has proposed a Tk 4,200 crore project to modernise and enhance the production capacity of the country鈥檚 largest Saidpur Railway Workshop...
Metro rail services were temporarily suspended on the Motijheel-Agargaon section of the capital鈥檚 Line-6 on Wednesday night due to jerking at the Farmgate point.
The High Court on Wednesday directed Road Transport and Highways Division鈥檚 secretary to form an independent high-powered expert committee for a comprehensive safety audit and structural integrity investigation of the entire Dhaka Metro Rail Project, including all lines and pillars.
A MAN lost his life October 26 after a bearing pad from Dhaka Metro Rail fell from an elevated pier, another headline, another tragedy, another moment when Bangladeshis are forced to ask themselves: Can we trust the systems built to carry us safely home?...
YET another avoidable death shows the danger that lurks over the heads of Dhaka residents. On October 26, a pedestrian was killed when a 100-kilogram metro rail bearing pad fell off the viaduct at Farmgate. Two others were injured. Metro services ground to a halt, passengers stranded, while the city held its collective breath. This disaster is not an anomaly. A year ago...
A writ petition was filed with the High Court on Monday seeking its directives for immediate verification of the quality and safety of bearing pads installed on Dhaka Metro Rail and all flyovers in the capital.
Metro rail services on the Uttara-Motijheel route fully resumed on Monday after a nearly 23-hour halt following the death of a pedestrian caused by a bearing pad that fell on him after it had been dislodged from the metro rail structure.聽..
Metro rail services on the Motijheel-Shahbagh section resumed at 7:00 pm on Sunday, following a suspension of about seven hours.
The Bangladesh Army on Sunday morning conducted a special drive at the Airport Railway Station in the capital and seized foreign firearms and explosives, said a press release issued by the Inter Services Public Relations...
Metro rail services on Uttara-Agargaon section resumed at about 3:00pm on Sunday after a two-and-half-an-hours hour suspension on Sunday...
Road transport and bridges ministry adviser Muhammad Fouzul Kabir Khan on Sunday afternoon said that a five-member probe committee, headed by Bridges Division secretary Md Abdur Rouf, had been formed as a pedestrian was killed after a bearing pad crashed on him from metro rail line in Dhaka鈥檚 Farmgate area on the same day...
A pedestrian was killed and two others were injured as a bearing pad fell from the metro rail structure on the road in Dhaka鈥檚 Farmgate area on Sunday, disrupting the metro services for hours.
After just seven months of the inauguration, hairline cracks have become visible on several point pillars of the Jamuna Rail Bridge constructed over the River Jamuna at a cost of nearly Tk 17,000 crore...
The metro rail has extended its operation hours by one hour from Sunday, with trains now running half an hour earlier in the morning and half an hour later at night...
Trains under the metro rail services from today will run around one hour more to accommodate the growing pressure of passengers, according to a Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited announcement.聽
Dozens were injured, many seriously, at the state funeral of Kenya鈥檚 revered opposition leader Raila Odinga on Friday as crowds rushed to see his coffin, AFP journalists saw.
The Anti-Corruption Commission on Wednesday filed a case against 18 current and former officials of Bangladesh Railway on charges of embezzling over Tk 2 crore in the purchase of equipment.
The government has undertaken a major initiative to establish railway connectivity with all economic zones (EZs) across the country, including the National Special Economic Zone in Chattogram鈥檚 Mirsarai, to make goods transportation faster, cheaper and more efficient.
The Anti-Corruption Commission conducted a raid on the Bangladesh Railway鈥檚 western headquarters in Rajshahi city on Wednesday, following allegations of misappropriation of nearly Tk 4 crore in the purchase of stones and other railway equipment...
An engineer of the Bangladesh Railway was killed in a road accident Tuesday night at Kulaura in Moulvibazar while he was returning home after a rescue operation of a derailed train at Moglabazar in Sylhet...
FREQUENT incidents of train derailment have become a grim reflection of a declining railway system. Ageing infrastructure, inadequate maintenance and mismanagement have pushed the network to a critical stage, jeopardising passenger safety and crippling connectivity. The derailment of four compartments of the Sylhet-bound Udayan Express on October 7 at Moglabazar...
The Dhaka railway detective branch police early Tuesday arrested a second suspect in connection with a robbery where passengers were held hostage on the roof of the Mahanagar Express train Saturday night...
Rail communication between Sylhet and the rest of Bangladesh was restored on Tuesday morning, three hours after four bogies of a train derailed at Moglabazar in Sylhet district...
Bangladesh Railway is going to run four special trains during the celebration of Durga Puja, the largest religious festival of the Hindus in the country.
Bangladesh Railway is going to run four special trains during the celebration of the Durga Puja, the largest religious festival of the Hindu community.
The Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited has announced to extend the metro rail services by one hour from Friday on pilot basis as passenger pressure is growing.聽
Bangladesh Railway has announced plans to operate four pairs of special trains on the Dhaka-Chattogram and Dhaka-Cox鈥檚 Bazar routes during the upcoming Durga Puja holidays.
