While the construction work of a rail line from Chattogram to Cox’s Bazar is going on at speed to bring the tourist town under railway network, Bangladesh Railway has also started the preparatory work for operating railway services on the new route.

The pothole ridden Zirabo-Bishmail road in Ashulia, Savar is in an extremely poor shape, causing immense suffering to the commuters.

The Anabil Paribahan bus that ran over and killed SSC examinee Mainuddin Islam in the capital’s Rampura on Monday did not have a route permit.

The rail communication of Dhaka with the southern and northern parts of the country has been restored from around 10pm after a halt of six hours.

Amid the ongoing student protests for safe roads, the teen demonstrators came across someone similar to their age driving a microbus, while the actual driver was dead asleep.

A teenage boy was driving a microbus, trying to go through the Rampura Bridge area, this afternoon. Driver of the vehicle was found sleeping in the back.

Students from various schools and colleges blocked Rampura Bridge again today in protest of the recent death of an SSC examinee. They demanded justice for the incident and effective steps to ensure safer roads.

The student movement for safe roads, which escalated after the death of SSC candidate Mainuddin Islam on Monday night, caused gridlocks and long tailbacks in some major parts of the capital yesterday.

Rapid Action Battalion (Rab-7) yesterday detained three transport workers over pushing a primary-school teacher off a moving bus and running the vehicle over him, leaving him critically injured, in port city’s Station Road area last Saturday.

Public transport owners today agreed to take half fare from students in Dhaka from tomorrow.

Students will stage a sit in on the BRTA office premises in the capital’s Banani today to press home their nine-point demand.

The 10-kilometre-long Lalmonirhat-Mogholhat railway route in the bordering area of Lalmonirhat Sadar upazila has been lying

Students demonstrating for safer roads and half bus fare for them said they would continue with their demonstrations until their demands are met.

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader today said that Saudi government has expressed their interest to finance a project on upgrading the Chattogram-Cox’s Bazar and Jashore-Khulna highways into four lanes.

Opposition MPs yesterday blasted Road, Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader for his failure to bring discipline on roads and for reducing the punishment for errant drivers by amending the Road Safety Bill.

Transport workers demonstrated across different spots on Chattogram-Hathazari route yesterday, protesting the killing of a driver who was allegedly beaten to death.

The Highways Bill, 2021 was passed in parliament yesterday to enact a comprehensive law, replacing a century-old one.

Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) Chairman Nur Mohammad Mazumder today said they need to hold more discussions on various issues, including compensation for transport owners, if half fare on public buses is set. 

In the face of student demonstrations, the government yesterday decided to reduce fares by half for students travelling on state-owned BRTC buses.

A meeting on the half-bus fare issue raised by students ended inconclusively yesterday, after private transport owners sought incentives from the government for meeting the demands.