By failing to buy 70 locomotives over the last 11 years, Bangladesh Railway (BR) has shown how the non-implementation of a single project can hurt the organisation’s overall services and cause huge financial losses.

The government will build a 1.07km underpass in the capital’s airport area to link Dhaka airport terminals, railway, BRT, MRT stations and the Hajj camp.

The metro rail will run from 8:00am to 8:00pm six days a week from May 31.

Trains will run every 10 minutes from 8:00am to 11:00pm, every 15 minutes from 11:01am to 3:00pm, every 10 minutes from 3:01pm to 6:00pm, and every 15 minutes from 6:01pm to 8:00pm

The government has decided that buses and trucks will be scrapped after 20 and 25 years of being on the road.

 The Dhaka-Cox’s Bazar rail line via Chattogram is likely to open this September, but the rail connectivity between the capital and the tourist district may not be smooth before 2028.

The under-construction rail line between Chattogram and Cox's Bazar will be opened by September this year, said Railways Minister Nurul Islam Sujan today.

A day after cyclone Mocha made landfall, movement of all types of water vessels resumed across the country this morning

Flight operations at the Dhaka airport were suspended for around an hour in the wee hours of the morning today as a Biman Bangladesh Airlines plane got stuck at the end of the runway

In a major development, the metro rail authority has finalised the first contractor which will begin the physical work of the country’s third metro rail project titled Mass Rapid Transit Line-5 (Northern Route).

Bangladesh should accelerate the transition to electric mobility in public transport as electric vehicles present a viable solution to significantly reduce vehicle emissions in cities and reduce reliance on fossil fuel imports for transport, said experts at an event yesterday.

Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC) is set to buy 440 new buses, including 100 electric buses for the first time in the country, to enhance and upgrade its services in Dhaka, Chattogram and different inter-district routes.

In order to reduce carbon emissions, Bangladesh should pick its own path to transitioning to electronic vehicles (EVs), World Bank Operation Manager Dandan Chen said in a workshop

One hundred new electric buses will be added to Dhaka Nagar Paribahan fleet by this year, Dhaka South City Corporation Mayor Fazle Noor Taposh said today.

While Bangladesh Railways is already struggling with more than 70 percent of its locomotives being old, it may face further issues as two of its projects, to buy or overhaul 91 locomotives, are going to be cancelled.

Bangladesh Inland and Water Transport Authority (BIWTA) will build five modern ports in Bhola with financing from the World Bank

An extension of the Bus Rapid Transit Line-3 beyond Dhaka airport is being considered to further facilitate operations and serve city-bound passengers.

An impasse over the upgradation of Dhaka-Chattogram Highway seems to be over as the Roads and Highways Department has started working to determine where the road will have six lanes and where it will have eight.

Traffic will be restricted from 11:00pm on Friday to 6:00am on Saturday

The replacement of a window of a metro rail carriage that was damaged after a stone-like object was thrown at the running train on Sunday, will cost around Tk 10 lakh, metro rail officials said