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...
No one in same post more than twice: Sports advisor
Interim government sports advisor Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuyain said on Friday that a new policy is going to form soon, aiming to ensure accountability of the country鈥檚 sports governing bodies and...
Sports journalist Aghore Mondal dies
Veteran sports journalist Aghore Mondal passed away at the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University in the city on Wednesday.
Ministry removes presidents of 42 sports bodies
In a circular issued on Tuesday, the ministry of youth and sports removed 42 government-nominated presidents of sports organisations under Clause 22 of the...
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...
NSC for alternative land for BFF鈥檚 technical centre
The National Sports Council on Sunday issued a letter asking the authorities concerned to find alternative land for Bangladesh Football Federation鈥檚 technical centre instead of...
India shuts online passport portal for five days
The Indian government said the country鈥檚 online portal for passport applications would be shut for five days for a maintenance exercise, reports ndtv.com.
Govt revokes diplomatic passports of Hasina,聽ex-ministers,聽 ex-MPs
The Department of Immigration and Passports has revoked the diplomatic passports of the deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, her former cabinet colleagues and former...
Govt issues revocation guidelines
The government on Thursday issued a policy guideline on revoking and surrendering diplomatic passports and issuance of ordinary ones...
Sports ministry dissolves all DSA committees
The ministry of youth and sports on Wednesday dissolved the current executive committees of the country鈥檚 entire divisional, district, and upazila sports associations and all committees of the same local level women鈥檚 sports associations...
Move on to revoke official passports of Hasina,聽ex-ministers
The Department of Immigration and Passports has initiated a move to revoke the official passports of deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina, her former cabinet colleagues and former...
Sports adviser visits BCB, meets Tamim聽
Youth and sports adviser Asif Mahmud on Monday visited Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium to look at the infrastructure facilities of the ground.
Government to build Bangladesh's 1st sports institute: Asif
With the slogan 鈥楥entre of Excellence鈥�, a sports institute is set to be built in Bangladesh for the first time by the initiative of ministry of youth and sports.
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...
BCB to follow ICC guidelines to make changes: sports adviser
Adviser to the youth and sports ministry of the interim government, Asif Mahmud Sajeeb Bhuiyan, said that the changes would come to the Bangladesh Cricket Board as per the guidelines of the International Cricket Council.
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...
Narayanganj passport office burnt in attack
A total of 7,500 passports of overseas workers were burnt to ashes as miscreants set ablaze on Narayanganj regional passport office during the recent violence...
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...
Saudi Arabia to host first Esports Olympics in 2025
Saudi Arabia will host the inaugural Esports Olympics in 2025 the International Olympic Committee said on Friday.