New digital top-up service aims to ease commuter queues and streamline metro and bus travel

An acute coach shortage has emerged on four intercity trains operating between Dhaka and Lalmonirhat, Rangpur, Kurigram, and Burimari, forcing many regular travellers to make their journeys standing or in severely congested spaces due to a lack of adequate seating.

US-Bangla aircraft was scheduled to take-off at 11:40am

Demand ban on BRTC buses, unauthorised three-wheelers on highways

Govt has assured compensation if any vehicle or transport worker comes under attack, it says

From 21 November, the vessel will begin weekly 'heritage cruises' on the Dhaka-Barishal route

Hundreds of locals are suffering daily as they continue to rely on a bamboo bridge to cross the Rangsa river in Mymensingh’s Tarakanda upazila, with their long-standing demand for a permanent concrete bridge remaining unmet.

Directs tighter monitoring, patrols, and maximum security deployment to ensure passenger safety

The fire starts due to technical fault

All types of leave suspended for staff at metro rail offices, depots, and stations

The collapse of a metro rail bearing pad was not a sudden mishap but likely stemmed from faults in design, construction, installation or consultancy, said Dhaka Mass Transit Company (DMTCL) Managing Director Md Faruk Ahmed.

An independent safety audit will be launched to access the flaws

Service resumed at 12:55pm

Repair work ongoing

The service on the Agargaon–Shahbagh route resumed as usual in the morning

Metro rail operations were suspended on the Agargaon to Shahbagh section last night after a technical issue was reported around 9:10pm.

Technical glitch disrupts MRT Line-6 operations near Farmgate

However, passenger train services remained unaffected

The death of a pedestrian and injuries to two others -- caused by a bearing pad that fell from a metro rail pillar on Sunday -- have exposed a critical gap in the legal framework regarding compensation for victims of metro rail-related accidents.

A probe committee yesterday began looking into Sunday’s tragic incident, where a bearing pad fell from a metro rail pillar near Farmgate station, killing a pedestrian and injuring two others.