There was no significant congestion reported on any of the country's major highways

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader today assured the Eid holidaymakers that there will be no traffic congestion on highways this time

The Roads and Highways Department is implementing most of its projects to turn two-lane highways into four-lane ones without safety audits, which, according to experts, is a major compromise on road safety.

Sirajul Islam, a businessman from Dhaka’s Rayerbagh, was waiting for a BRTC bus in Fulbaria bus terminal area around 3:30pm yesterday. He would travel to Barishal with his wife and two sons.

Hundreds of people suffered today as a 10-kilometre-long tailback was created on the Dhaka-Chattogram highway following pressure of vehicles carrying Eid holidaymakers on the highway. 

Amid speculations regarding the imposition of a 15 percent VAT on metro rail’s ticket with effect from July 1, Road, Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader today said that they know nothing about the matter

Metro rail users will probably have to pay more as the National Board of Revenue is going to impose 15 percent VAT on the fare from July 1.

Highway Police Chief Md Shahabuddin today said they were going to deploy drones to monitor traffic flow on the roads prone to congestion and improve efficiency of law enforcers during the upcoming Eid exodus.

Metro rail authorities will ask the National Board of Revenue (NBR) to reconsider its decision to impose 15 percent VAT on metro rail fare from July 1

Noting the disproportionately high number of road accidents involving motorcycles in the country, Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Habibur Rahman requested all to refrain from using bikes for long-distance travel for Eid-ul-Fitr

Two Chinese companies have been barred from a project for a year over “fraudulent practices” in connection with the procurement process of 137 buses for bus rapid transit (BRT) services.

The government has reduced bus fare by only 3 paisa per kilometre, a decision many found ridiculous and unimplementable.

Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity today said the government decision to reduce bus fare by only 3 paisa is a 'mockery with the people'

Says Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan

The new fare will come into effect from tomorrow

Visual proof of Bangladesh's rapidly changing infrastructural outlook is being presented to audiences at home and abroad through the internet, and especially via YouTube

The committee responsible for fixing bus fares has recommended reducing it by 3 paisa per kilometre

Govt body to meet tomorrow as prices of diesel and kerosene slushed by Tk 2.25 per liter

When it resumed its journey after the weather returned to normal, it found clothes on the overhead cable near Bijoy Sarani

Laying of the main railway line from Bhanga to Jashore has already been completed and the authorities are carrying out different tests on this section with an aim to open the entire Dhaka-Jashore line for commercial operation within four months.