Inaugurating an aesthetic 80-km marine driveway here, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday said it will unlock the potentials of the region enabling people to uplift their socioeconomic status and enjoy the natural beauty. “People will have the opportunity to…
Dhaka -The traffic department of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) carried out various drives in the city and fined drivers for violating traffic rules on Friday. UNB news agency reported
Berlin – Feeling nervous before your flight? Travelers at one German airport can now receive spiritual solace by entering a booth and listening to a prayer of their choice before boarding the plane. AP/UNB news agency reported
By Sohara Mehroze Shachi Dhaka, May 4 (IPS) – New technology could be the answer to reducing negative climate impacts of aviation – one of the fastest-growing sources of greenhouse gases. And a recent quantitative research at North South University…
Dhaka, May 3 – Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) on Tuesday formed an eight-member committee to probe the necessity of operating ‘Sitting Service’ or ‘Gate Lock’ on the city streets.
Dhaka – Having failed to address domestic concerns timely, Bhutan has urged three other South Asian countries to move ahead with the Motor Vehicles Agreement (MVA) signed among the four countries considering the importance of connectivity in the region.UNB news…
New York, Apr 26 (AP/UNB)- Uber is taking to the skies with its next project — “flying cars” — even as all eyes are on its problems on the ground.
Dhaka – The city bus services resumed their operations in the capital Thursday after the government withdrew its embargo on the gate-locked or sitting services.
Dhaka – Bangladesh and Bhutan will now get connected through Chittagong and Mongla ports that will open up further opportunities of bilateral trade between the two countries and beyond. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her Bhutanese counterpart TsheringTobgay expressed such…
Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) has suspended its drive against ‘sitting or gate lock’ bus services in the city for 15 days. However, the drive will continue against the buses that are charging additional fares and not keeping seats reserved…
In the wake of public transport crisis in the capital following a BRTA drive, Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Tuesday asked the BRTA authorities to review its decision of stopping ‘sitting service’ of buses in a bid…
Although the so-called ‘Sitting Service’ and ‘Gate Lock’ buses took additional passengers on Sunday following a decision of Dhaka Sarak Paribahan Samity, they charged extra fares triggering fights with passengers in many cases. Again, the number of buses was thin…
No passenger bus will be allowed to ply the city streets in the name of ‘Sitting Service’ or ‘Gate Lock’ from Sunday, said Chairman of the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) Md Moshiar Rahman on Saturday. He came up with…
Dhaka, Apr 6 – Dhaka’s train communication with the country’s northern region remained suspended as three bogies and the locomotive of a train derailed near Bangabandhu Bridge at Pathailkandi in Bhuapur upazila of Tangail early Thursday.
Dhaka – Two motorcyclists, including a UP chairman, were killed as a truck hit their bike at Bertala on Dhaka-Sylhet highway in Ashuganj upazila on Tuesday night.
Some 22 people were missing on Saturday after a South Korean cargo ship disappeared and apparently sank in the South Atlantic Ocean. The 24-man crew on the Stellar Daisy carrier, which is owned and operated by South Korean-based Polaris Shipping,…
Dhaka- Two motorcyclists were killed and their co-rider was injured in a road accident on the Muksudpur-Ujani Road in Muksudpur upazila under Gopalganj district in western Bangladesh on Saturday. The deceased were identified as Sajib Roy, 22, son of Bablu…
Dhaka – Fiver bodies have been recovered early Tuesday as a passenger trawler carrying about 100 persons capsized in river Panguchi in Bagherhat district on the southwestern part of Bangladesh.
The Cabinet on Monday approved in principle the draft of the ‘Road Transport Bill, 2017’ with provisions of harsher punishments, including 6 months’ jail or Tk 50,000 fine or both for driving any vehicle without having any driving licence. The…
Emirates Airlines has introduced complimentary “Laptop and Tablet Handling Service” to beat the electronics ban by the US. According a statement of the Middle-East-based airlines, this service will enable passengers to use their laptops and tablet devices until just before…
Dhaka, Mar 19 – Five people, including a child, were killed and 16 injured as a bus plunged into a roadside ditch at Jumarghar on Dhaka-Rangpur Highway in Gobindaganj upazila of Gaibandha early Sunday.
Gazipur, Mar 17 – Train services on Dhaka-Mymensingh route remained suspended following the derailment of a bogie at Joydebpur Rail Station on Friday morning.
A passenger’s face was left blackened and her hand blistered after her battery-powered headphones caught fire while she was traveling on an international flight between Beijing and Melbourne, reports CNN.
Dhaka, Mar 13 – A man was killed and two others, including a construction engineer, were injured as a concrete girder of the under-construction Malibagh-Mouchak flyover collapsed on Malibagh level-crossing in the city early Monday.
Four people were killed and two others injured as a truck crashed into a CNG-run auto-rickshaw at Alinagar of Beanibazar upazila on Friday afternoon. The deceased were identified as Dulal, 25, Siddique, 35, Guljar Ahmed, 28, and the auto driver…
A discussion with a Singaporean company to dredge rivers in exchange for the excavated sand is underway, Water Resources Minister Anisul Islam Mahmud has said.He told the media at a programme in Dhaka Reporters’ Unity on Sunday that the government…
Transport owners and workers resumed the operation of vehicles on Wednesday afternoon withdrawing their indefinite strike which had created a serious countrywide travel chaos for 36 hours. Nearly an hour after Shipping Minister Shajahan Khan’s call to the transport owners…
Dhaka, Mar 1 – An unspecified number of transport workers were injured in a clash with police and members of Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) at Gabtoli Bus Terminal in the city on Wednesday morning. Witnesses said the trouble began when…
Passengers have been left suffering as Bangladesh Road Transport Workers Federation went on a countrywide indefinite strike on Tuesday protesting court verdicts that sentenced a driver to death and another to life imprisonment. The federation which enforced the strike in…
Transport workers called an indefinite strike in 10 districts of Khulna division protesting the life term imprisonment of a bus driver in a case filed over a road accident that killed five people, including noted filmmaker Tareque Masud and cinematographer…