Once you reach the metro rail’s Uttara North station, you will see seven staircases on its both sides.

Inspector General of Police Benazir Ahmed today directed field-level police officers to ensure safe movement of the people going home to celebrate the upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr festival.

The two separate strikes, enforced by the transport workers and ambulance drivers in Dinajpur since this morning that caused immense suffering to commuters, have been called off after 12 hours.

Commuters and patients have been sufferings immensely due to separate strikes enforced by the transport workers and ambulance drivers in Dinajpur since this morning.

An inadequate number of ferries and gridlocks on highways are likely to be causes of sufferings for Eid holidaymakers heading to the 21 southern districts via the Paturia-Daulatdia and Shimulia-Kathalbari routes.

The gang would wait patiently with its car in a crowded spot of Dhaka or adjacent areas. It offered people to drop them off at their destination for a fare. And it worked.

Eid holidaymakers heading for northern districts might get caught in gridlocks on both sides of the Bangabandhu bridge due to the expansion work on a 25km stretch of the Elenga-Rangpur highway.

Metrorail authorities have installed special buttons in each carriage of the trains to better deal with emergencies and ensure passengers’ safety.

The Padma Multipurpose Bridge Authority has said the country’s biggest bridge is likely to be opened for traffic in June this year as they have already completed 92 percent of its construction works till now.

Transport experts have warned that there could be a dreadful situation on roads if traffic movement is not properly managed during the rush of people travelling to their home towns before the Eid.

The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) has urged the government to put the road construction and repair work on hold for 14 days before and after the Eid-ul-Fitr to reduce the sufferings of the homegoers.

Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity has demanded effective measures to reduce unbearable traffic congestion, harassment of commuters on the roads, and road accidents during the upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr journey.

Private bus operators yesterday started selling tickets to those who would go to their hometowns for the Eid.

Private bus operators started selling advance tickets from this morning for home-goers ahead of the Eid-ul-Fitr.

The pressure on various waterways, including the Paturia-Daulatdia waterway, will increase before and after Eid-ul-Fitr this year, said State Minister for Shipping Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury.

Thousands of passengers suffered immensely, as operation of trains across the country remained suspended for around eight hours from early yesterday.

Train operations have resumed as the Sylhet-bound Parabat Express left Dhaka’s Kamalapur Railway Station at 1:35pm today.

Passengers are suffering as running staffers, including locomasters, of Bangladesh Railway suspended all train operations around the country early today without any prior announcement -- demanding increased allowances and retirement benefits.

Running staffers, including locomasters, of Bangladesh Railway suspended all train operations around the country early today in order to press home their demands of increased allowances and retirement benefits.

Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC) is bringing more of its vehicles under vehicle tracking system (VTS) to ensure transparency and efficiency in fleet management.