Students protesting ticket sales on black market bar train from leaving Rajshahi

Students including Rajshahi University admission seekers barred a Dhaka-bound train of Padma Express from leaving the platform at Rajshahi in protest of selling train tickets on the black market.
27 July 2022, 12:18 PM

Substandard materials used in road work

Substandard materials are allegedly being used in construction of a paved road is Basail upazila, thanks to the alleged negligence of the authorities concerned.
25 July 2022, 18:00 PM

Mismanagement in railway: DU student Roni calls off protest for now

Dhaka University student Mohiuddin Roni today (July 25, 2022) called off his protest, against the mismanagement and corruption in the country's railway system, for the time being.
25 July 2022, 17:30 PM

Shohoz says Roni’s allegations are false, no negligence in providing services

Shohoz JV today claimed that it showed no negligence in providing services, adding that the allegations made by Dhaka University student Mohiuddin Roni were not true.
25 July 2022, 12:52 PM

‘You cannot remain silent’

The High Court yesterday came down hard on Bangladesh Railway for mismanagement, ticket scalping and carrying passengers on the train roofs.
21 July 2022, 18:00 PM

Action against rail officials if passengers travel on train roof: HC

The High Court today (July 21, 2022) blasted Bangladesh Railway authorities for mismanagement in the railway services, including ticket scalping, and observed that no passenger can travel on train roof.
21 July 2022, 12:45 PM

Based on DU student Roni’s complaint, Shohoz fined Tk 2 lakh

The Directorate of National Consumer Rights Protection (DNCRP) has fined ticketing platform shohoz.com Tk 2 lakh – for its negligence in the process of selling tickets.
20 July 2022, 08:42 AM

Train operation from Dhaka resumes after 3 hours

Train operation from Dhaka to other destinations across the country has resumed as demonstrating students called off their blockade at 12:22pm today (July 20, 2022).
20 July 2022, 06:55 AM

Train operation from Dhaka suspended

Train operations from Dhaka to other destinations across the country, except Narayanganj, have been suspended after some students blocked the rail line at Airport Station in the capital from around 9am today (July 20, 2022).
20 July 2022, 05:23 AM

Uttara-Agargaon part of Metro Rail to be operational by this Dec

Dhaka Metro Rail, from Uttara to Agargaon, will be operational by December this year, project officials said. They shared the information at the ECNEC meeting today (July 19, 2022).
19 July 2022, 10:07 AM

Dhaka Metro Rail now set to cost 50% more

With the partial launch of the country’s first ever metro rail only five months away, the project cost is set to rise by more than half, and the deadline is also going to be extended by a year and half.
17 July 2022, 18:00 PM

Ramshackle ratnai bridge: An impediment of development

Economic activities in four upazilas including three in Kurigram district and one in Lalmonirhat could not gain the momentum as desired despite the inauguration of the Sheikh Hasina Dharla Bridge over the Dharla river in 2018.
16 July 2022, 18:00 PM

PMO steps in to find ways to ease tailback

There was a fear that opening the Padma Bridge may worsen gridlocks at the entrance to the capital’s south due to a lack of planning to dealing with additional traffic.
16 July 2022, 18:00 PM

Trip back to Dhaka turns bitter

Thousands of people suffered for hours in tailbacks on Bangabandhu bridge link road in Tangail for the fourth straight day yesterday.
16 July 2022, 18:00 PM

Installation of rail track on lower deck of Padma Bridge may start in 2 weeks

Padma Bridge project authority will start the process of handing over the structure to the railway authority tomorrow so that the latter can start installing rail track on the lower deck of the bridge.
16 July 2022, 11:05 AM

Train operations resume 6 hours after derailment in Joypurhat

Rail communications of Dhaka with the country's northern part were restored six hours after derailment of Dhaka-bound Ekota Express at Tilakpur railway station in Joypurhat’s Akkelpur upazila around 5am today (July 16, 2022).
16 July 2022, 05:26 AM

13km tailback on approach road for Bangabandhu Bridge

Thousands of people suffered for hours under the scorching sun in tailbacks on Bangabandhu Bridge approach road at Elenga of Tangail yesterday.
15 July 2022, 18:00 PM

Padma Bridge rail installation may start next week

Installation of rail track on the lower deck of Padma Bridge is likely to start from next week, Railways Minister Nurul Islam Sujan said yesterday. 
15 July 2022, 18:00 PM

13km tailback on Bangabandhu Bridge link road as Eid holidaymakers return

A 13km long tailback formed on Bangabandhu Bridge east link road in Tangail and Sirajganj today (July 15, 2022) creating a long for the Eid holidaymakers even more tiring, who were returning to the capital and their respective workplaces to resume work after a long vacation.
15 July 2022, 14:27 PM

Rail tracks installation on Padma Bridge likely to begin next week: Sujan

Installation of rail tracks on the lower deck of Padma Bridge is likely to start from next week, said Railways Minister Nurul Islam Sujan today (July 15).
15 July 2022, 12:44 PM