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...
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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...
People suffer as transport workers block Dhaka-Barishal highway
Road communication between Barishal and other parts of the country remained suspended for two hours as transport workers blocked the Dhaka-Barishal highway protesting...
Bus services suspended in Gazipur as DUET students, transport workers clash
Bus movement on the Dhaka-Gazipur route has remained suspended since Friday morning following a clash between students of Dhaka University of Engineering and Technology and transport workers in Gazipur Sadar upazila Thursday night.....
Transport strike suspended in Ctg
The 48-hour transport strike was suspended halfway after causing daylong sufferings to the people in the entire Chattogram region, including the port city, on Sunday...
48-hr transport strike called聽in Ctg
Public transport workers and owners on Saturday called a 48-hour transport strike from Sunday morning in greater Chattogram protesting at...
IATA urges Bangladesh to release $323m owed to foreign airlines
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) called on Bangladesh to release revenues of foreign airlines totalling $323 million, which were currently being blocked 鈥榠n contravention of international agreements鈥�, immediately.
BRTA finds rise in Eid-time road accident deaths
The statistics of the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority showed that the number of fatal road crash victims during this Eid-ul-Fitr holidays increased compared with last year...
77 people killed, 109 injured in road accidents in Apr 10-14
At least 77 people were killed and 109 more were injured in 70 road crashes across the country between April 10 and 14 amid the Eid-ul-Fitr vacations, according to the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority...
5 sent to jail after 3-day remand
State minister for shipping Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury said on Monday that if the surveyors of the Bangladesh Water Transport Authority were found to be negligent in the Dhaka River Port accident, they too...
Tesla will unveil robotaxi in August: Elon Musk
Elon Musk revealed on Friday that Tesla will pull back the curtain on a robotaxi this summer, news that comes as adoption of self-driving vehicles hits speed bumps over safety concerns....
Holidaymakers begin Eid journey
The journeys of the holidaymakers ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr began amid traffic congestion on highways and exit points in the capital city on Friday....
Govt non-committal towards road safety
THE death of an eight-year-old boy having been crushed between two buses at Gulshan in Dhaka on April 4 yet again shows that the authorities concerned have allowed the road to continue to be a death trap for citizens...