Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA)

Opinion / Will anyone take responsibility for traffic deaths?

The Eid festivities in April marked a grim milestone with a record number of road traffic accidents and casualties.

National Road Safety Day / Road crash victims deserve a better compensation scheme

Questions have been raised by road safety activists as to whether a human life can be valued at only Tk 5 lakh.

The undelivered promise of road safety

Govt attitude must change for such tragedies to end

Can we finally expect a decline in road crashes?

Launch of the largest-ever road safety project in Bangladesh brings hope but also familiar concerns

Why is 1 in 5 buses in Dhaka unfit?

Authorities must wake up from their perpetual slumber and address the anarchy in the transport sector

Good idea, bad planning

RHD decision to scrap outdated commercial vehicles must be implemented properly

A suspicious BRTA diktat

BRTA must work collaboratively with all stakeholders to ensure road safety

We need reliable official data on road crashes

Reliable data key to preventing road crashes and casualties

Highway accident or murder?

A crash that exposes all the problems with our road transport system

July 23, 2019
July 23, 2019

Defaulter vehicle owners asked to collect fitness certificate in 2 months

The High Court has directed defaulter vehicle owners to collect their fitness certificate from Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) office in two months starting from August 1.

June 20, 2019
June 20, 2019

Ride-Sharing Companies: Registration to start July 1

The government has set July 1 to start registration of ride-sharing service providers, 17 months after the formulation of the guidelines.

May 30, 2019
May 30, 2019

BRTA opens control room to ease Eid journey

Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) opens a central control room to ensure hassle-free journey for Eid holidaymakers.

May 22, 2019
May 22, 2019

Road Transport Law: BRTA misses 4 deadlines for drafting rules

Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) has failed to meet four deadlines to prepare the draft of the rules for the Road Transport Act-2018, halting implementation of the law.

April 9, 2019
April 9, 2019

BRTA graft: 4 brokers jailed in Bogura

Four brokers have been jailed in Bogura on charges of being involved in corruption at the local office of Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA).

April 4, 2019
April 4, 2019

From digital to manual

Fitness checks of all buses and trucks registered with BRTA Mirpur office are being done manually, as the only automated vehicle inspection system that had been working broke down three months ago.

March 27, 2019
March 27, 2019

HC seeks reports on unfit vehicles from BRTA

The High Court asks Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) to submit a report before it on the unfit vehicles plying the streets across the country and drivers without valid license.

March 24, 2019
March 24, 2019

Take unfit vehicles off the roads

Damning reports along with horrendous pictures about the state of our transport sector were published in all our major national dailies yesterday.

March 20, 2019
March 20, 2019

BRTA suspends plying of Suprobhat, Jabal-e-Noor buses

Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) has suspended operations of all buses of Suprobhat and Jabal-e-Noor on Dhaka routes until further directives.

January 28, 2019
January 28, 2019

ACC drives in 4 Districts: Irregularities found at BRTA offices

The Anti-Corruption Commission found irregularities in Bangladesh Road Transport Authority's offices in Dhaka's Ekuria, Khulna, Sylhet and Pabna yesterday.

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