Overloading, modification of vehicles to be made bailable offences; vehicle owners must insure passengers

Bus services resume on 17 long routes in Khulna four days after its suspension due to transport workers strike in demand of reviewing the new road transport law.

Six mobile courts of Bangladesh Road Transport Authority file a total of 88 cases under Road Transport Act-2018 in Dhaka city, on the first day of their operation.

Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) yesterday expressed deep concern over the government move to amend the Road Transport Act-2018 amid pressure from transport owners and workers’ associations.

The government is taking time to make the Road Transport Act-2018 effective as it faces “pressure” from the transport leaders to change some of its provisions, officials said.

Federation's General Secretary Osman Ali told The Daily Star that they would go for the strike as the government did not communicate the platform over its eight-point demand, including amendments to the recently passed Road Transport Act-2018.

A parliamentary committee yesterday placed its report to the parliament on the much-talked about Road Transport Bill, recommending some changes in the proposed law.