In December 2017, Bangladesh Railway (BR) took up a project to procure 20 metre-gauge (MG) locomotives and 150 MG carriages to expand railway services and resolve the growing crisis of rail engines and coaches.

RZD International, a subsidiary of Russian Railways, has expressed interest to finance three proposed railway projects, including the much-talked-about high-speed rail line on the Dhaka-Chattogram corridor.

With the number of road crashes on the rise, authorities have decided to take a tough stance against unfit and illegal vehicles across the country, aiming to improve the situation.

Bangladesh Railway continues to make huge losses from its operations allegedly due to poor services, corruption, and a lack of proper management of assets.

A Chinese company has proposed building a metro rail line in Chattogram and reclaiming land from the sea to build a 60-square km “smart city” in exchange for a share of the latter.

More than five lakh registered vehicles are now on the road without fitness clearance mainly due to poor monitoring by the authorities amid the pandemic.

The 8th shipment for Dhaka Metro Rail has arrived at Mongla port.

Metro rail authorities have sought another Tk 1,000 crore from the government to cover operation and maintenance cost.

A taskforce formed to tackle road crashes and bring discipline to the transport sector formed a committee to fix the economic service life of all vehicles, in a meeting yesterday.

No worker shall drive a transport vehicle unless they hold an appointment letter.

For the first time outside of metropolitan areas of Dhaka and Chattogram, a Chinese joint venture company will construct a 10km bi-level road in Munshiganj.

As many as four projects were revised yesterday with their costs swelling by Tk 34,483 crore.

Sadarghat,Chawkbazar and Bahaddarhat-- the densely populated areas of Chattogram city -- already have flyovers and there is no space to construct over ground metro rail, Information Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud said today.

Trains will start taking passengers at full capacity from February 13, Bangladesh Railway said in a notification on Sunday.

A concrete bridge built over a decade ago without approach roads has been lying abandoned at Nowagaon village in Lakhai upazila of Habiganj.

Trains will start carrying passengers at full capacity from February 13, maintaining health safety rules.

Bangladesh Railway (BR) yesterday signed a contract with an Indian company to procure 420 Broad Gauge (BR) wagons, aiming to increase its capacity to operate more freight trains.

The government is going to start a feasibility study for launching the metro rail service in Chattogram city, Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader said yesterday.

The government, in association with a South Korean development organisation, is going to start a feasibility study for constructing metro rail in Chattogram, Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader said today.

The ferry and launch services resumed on the Shimulia-Banglabazar route today after remaining halted for around one and half hours due to inclement weather.