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BRTC double-decker crashes into Farmgate pillar

A Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation double-decker bus rammed into a pillar of the Elevated Expressway at Farmgate in Dhaka city on Tuesday, causing a brief traffic disruption on the busy road...

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No scope for legal leniency if govt wants to stop road accidents

ROAD safety has continuously been put at bay as the number of fatal accidents has only increased for seven years since the road safety movement in 2018 after a bus killed two college students in Dhaka on July 29 that year. The government made the Road Transport Act 2018 in September that year. Police data show that 2,635 died in road accidents...

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BCB shortlists consultancy firms for BPL

Five organisations have been shortlisted following the completion of the Expression of Interest submission stage for appointing a consultancy firm for sports marketing in the Bangladesh Premier League, as stated by the Bangladesh Cricket Board on Monday.

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Arsenal seal swoop for Swedish international Gyokeres

Arsenal on Saturday announced the signing of Swedish international striker Viktor Gyokeres from Sporting Lisbon, bolstering their attacking options as they attempt to challenge for the Premier League title.

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Army refutes claims of political transport support

The Bangladesh Army has strongly refuted recent claims circulating on social media alleging that the military provided buses to transport for members of a political party for its programme...

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Al Mamun meets Bernd Spanier

Al Mamun, Founder and President of the International Ethnosport Bangladesh Association, paid a courtesy call on Bernd Spanier, Chargé d’Affaires a.i. of the European Union Delegation to Bangladesh, at the EU office in Gulshan, Dhaka, on Tuesday.

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Transport owners to stage 24-hr strike in Chattogram on July 20 

The Greater Chattogram Public and Goods Transport Owners Federation has announced a 24-hour suspension of all services in Chattogram and five surrounding districts for July 20, pressing for amendment to the Road Transport Act 2018, among other demands...

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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–Mohakhali road and causing huge sufferings to the people...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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Alternative transport on rise 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. 

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NSC awards return to its old name

The Sheikh Kamal NSC Award has been changed back to its original name, the National Sports Council Award, on Thursday.

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Road transport sector should be on govt’s 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...

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Tk 46,308cr cut from 33 projects

The interim government has reduced about Tk 46,308 crore in costs in 33 projects under the ministries of road transport and bridges, railways and power, energy and mineral resources...

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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...

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Faruque files writ petition challenging his removal

Former Bangladesh Cricket Board president Faruque Ahmed on Sunday filed a writ petition with the High Court challenging the legality of his removal from the post by the National Sports Council.

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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...

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Licences on sale, footpaths for rent

IF DANTE had been born in Dhaka, I suspect he wouldn’t have written about nine circles of hell — 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...

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Mohammedan celebrate BPL title triumph

Mohammedan Sporting Club celebrated their maiden trophy triumph of the Bangladesh Premier League after a 3-3 draw against Brothers Union in their return leg tie at the Shaheed Dhirendranath Datta Stadium in Cumilla on Friday.