The Bangladesh Railway is likely to make the National Identity Card or any other valid identity card mandatory for buying advance train tickets – the sales of which will begin on April 23 – ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr.

It is still possible to significantly reduce Dhaka’s traffic congestion with the existing road network, by just bringing discipline in the transport sector, said Ilias Kanchan, chairperson of road-safety organisation Nirapad Sarak Chai.

Bangladesh Railway (BR) will start selling advance train tickets from April 23 -- ahead of the Eid-ul-Fitr.

Fare for the much-awaited metro rail service -- which is expected to be introduced in Dhaka in December this year -- has not yet been fixed even though a committee in this regard was formed more than a year and half ago.

Without a copy of National Identity (NID) card, launch tickets will not be sold before Eid-ul-Fitr, State Minister for Shipping Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury said today.

As the Covid-19 infection rate is at its lowest in Bangladesh, more people are expected to be leaving the capital and other major cities for Eid this year after a two-year lull.

Plying of buses on Rangpur-Dhaka route resumed early yesterday after a three-day suspension due to a strike by district transport workers. Rangpur transport workers called off the strike on Thursday night after a meeting with district administration, metropolitan police and bus owners, with Rangpur Deputy Commissioner Asib Ahsan in the chair, said AWM Raihan Shah, additional deputy commissioner (education and ICT) of Rangpur.

The government’s move to ensure uninterrupted traffic movement on the Dhaka-Aricha Highway is facing a setback as bus operators are not using the designated bus bays and service lanes built under a Tk 696 crore project.

Plying of buses on Rangpur-Dhaka route resumed early today after a three-day suspension due to a strike by district transport workers.

The Roads and Highways Department (RHD) is going establish a dedicated Road Operation Unit (ROU) for the first time to manage and monitor a national highway efficiently.

At present there are 49 lakh 91 thousand 75 different types of vehicles in the country, according to the parliamentary standing committee on the Ministry of Power, Energy, and Mineral Resources.

The wait for the completion of the Padma Bridge is set to prolong as the prime minister said yesterday that the bridge would be open to public by the end of the year.

The Akhaura-Agartala Rail Link, a Bangladesh Railway (BR) project, was supposed to be completed within December 2018.

Plying of buses on Rangpur-Dhaka route remained suspended for the second consecutive day yesterday, due to the strike of transport workers to press home their five-point demand, which includes disbursement of unpaid salaries.

Fewer than three percent of registered vehicles in Dhaka city are buses and minibuses, exposing the poor public-transport situation of the capital, where over two crore people live.

The Supreme Court today allowed battery-run three-wheeler, known as easy-bikes, on roads except for the highways across the country.

The Padma bridge will be open to traffic in June this year, Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader said yesterday. 

Bangladesh Railway (BR) is considering linking Shariatpur district headquarters with the railway network to implement the government’s plan of taking railway services to all districts.

Jatiya Party MP and Secretary General of the main opposition Mujibul Haque Chunnu today in parliament said that Road Transport Minister Obaidul Quader has failed to bring order on roads and in the transport sector.

City dwellers of Chattogram are fearing massive traffic congestion during Ramadan, due to ongoing development projects and the sorry state of roads.