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6 missing on trawler capsizing in Meghna
At least six people went missing as a trawler packed with over 60 passengers capsized in the Meghna River in Haimchar upazila after being hit by a goods-laden vessel amid dense fog on Tuesday morning.
Vessel workers go on strike from today
Vessel workers will go for indefinite strike from January 26 midnight demanding 15-point demands including 10,000 minimum wage.
Annisul announced Aminbazar-Shyamoli as free from illegal parking
In another soothing step to ease nagging traffic congestion in the city, Dhaka North City Corporation has announced the Aminbazar-Gabtali-Kalyanpur-Shyamoli road free from illegal parking.
Time arrives to take tough actions against illegal vehicles:Quader
Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader said the government is constructing improved roads and highways so that high-standard vehicles can ply to bring comfort to the passengers.
Padma bridge construction work begins
It always seems impossible until it is done as Nelson Mandela used to say. Once the Padma Multipurpose Bridge looked like that, but Bangladesh has taken it from dream to reality as its main piling and river training works began…
Ferry service on Paturia-Daulatdia resumes after 11 hours
Ferry service on the Paturia-Daulatdia route resumed on Saturday after 11 hours of its disruption caused by dense fog. Mahiuddin Russel, manager of BIWTA Aricha, said they kept suspended ferry services on the Paturia-Daulatdia route from 10:30am to 930 am…
PM approves second railway bridge at Kalurghat in Ctg
Chittagong Correspondent Prime Minister has given final approval for constructing second Kalurghat railway bridge over river Karnaphuli in chittagong . In the cabinet meeting held on Thursday , this approval was given, Deputy Comissioner of Chittagong sources said. Conscious circles…
Bangladesh Biman got a new member Meghdoot
The fifth of ten Boeing aircrafts has been added to the national carrier’s fleet.
Emirates’ innovative initiative against the illegal wildlife trade
Two massive Emirates A380 jets take to the skies last week, wearing special livery in support of United for Wildlife, a global collaboration that unites the efforts of the world’s leading wildlife charities in the fight against the illegal wildlife…
Somalia’s new pirates
by Hassan Sheikh Mohamud Mogadishu – Somalia is blessed with the largest coastline in continental Africa. Our rich marine waters are some of the most productive in the world, teeming with schools of yellowfin tuna, blue marlin, dolphinfish, and sardines.…
Memo to Prime Minister demanding 3rd karnaphuli bridge
Ctg Correspondent Boalkhali –Kalurghat Bridge Implementation Parishad of Chittagong handed over a memorandum meant for Prime Minister demanding construction of 3rd Karnaphuli bridge in Boalkhali-Kalurghat point to the Principal Secretary to Prime Minister office Abul Kalam Azad on Saturday .
Underground railway project will continue along with the metro rail project
Planning Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal has said underground railroads will be constructed in the capital alongside the metro rail ones.
Metro rail project will sat in Feb ’16: Quader
Expressing that the metro rail project is in progress, Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Wednesday said the government is hoping to start the physical work on the mega project in February 2016.
Commuters suffers for transport workers’ wildcat strike
Commuters suffered a lot in the capital due to crisis of public transport on Monday as bus and minibus workers of various routes went on a wildcat strike protesting punishment given by a BRTA mobile court to a bus driver…
35 KM long tailback at Dhaka-Tangail highway
Traffic is almost at a standstill on a 35-km stretch from Gazipur’s Chandna intersection to Tangail’s Gorhai. Meanwhile, movement of vehicles is also very slow on the 21-km stretch between Gazipur’s Chandra to Nabinagar.
In Metro, life in a metro
Sudhirendar Sharma No sooner had I blessed myself for being first in the queue, and had dug myself into reading a noted historian’s much-talked about interview on ‘past is present’, my ‘present’ was shattered by a middle-age intruder who had…
Motor transport fares increased in Dhaka, Chittagong cities
The government has increased the fare of CNG-run buses, minibuses and auto-rickshaws in Dhaka and Chittagong city corporation areas which will be effective from October 1, while the revised fares for auto-rickshaws will be effective from November 1 this year.…
Prepaid card for ferry terminals from Octoner 1
The government has decided to introduce ‘fare automation system’ magnetic card or ‘rapid pass card (prepaid card)’ from October 1 for the first time at Paturia, Daulatdia and Kazirhat ferry terminals. Those vehicles cross the river using the ferries regularly…
Launch tickets for Eid trips from 15 September
Home-bound passengers wanting to travel to the southern part of the country on the occasion of upcoming Eid-ul-Azha have to collect launch tickets from launch counters beginning on September 15. The decision was taken at a meeting held at the…
China keen to build road to Kunming via Myanmar
China has offered to establish a Dhaka-Cox’s Bazar-Myanmar-Kunming road link, aiming to boost connectivity among the three countries. The offer came when a Chinese delegation, led by its Commerce Minister Gao Hucheng, met Finance Minister AMA Muhith at his secretariat…
Motor Vehicles Agreement ratified to boost regional road links
The Cabinet on Monday ratified the ‘Motor Vehicles Agreement for the Regulation of Passenger, Personal, and Cargo Vehicular Traffic with Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal’ (BBIN), aiming to boost road connectivity in the region. The ratification came from the regular…
Industrial workers asked to take Eid holiday in phases to avoid rush
Factory owners of industrial belt asked their workers to take eid holiday leave from July 14 onwards in phases to avoid heavy pressure on highways ahead of the upcoming Eid-ul-fitar. The decision was taken at a coordination meeting held at…
Traffic jam becomes endemic in capital
Life in Dhaka city remained seriously affected by huge tailback of traffic on almost all roads, lanes and bylanes for the last three days. The traffic congestion has been exaerbated by monsoon rinfall that has caused water logging in many…
Cabinet nods water transit protocol to renew every 5 years
The Cabinet on Monday approved the draft amendment to the Protocol on Inland Water Transit and Trade (PIWTT) between India and Bangladesh, enabling it to be automatically renewed after every five years. The approval was given at the regular meeting…
Germanwings plane pilot ‘hid an Illness from his employers’
By Sally Hayden Prosecutors have claimed that Germanwings co-pilot Andreas Lubitz, who is thought to have deliberately caused the plane crash that killed 150 people on Tuesday, was concealing the details of an illness from his employers. The German investigators…
Mayor launches road carpeting works in Rangpur
BSS, Rangpur Mayor of Rangpur City Corporation (RCC) and valiant freedom fighter Alhaj Sarfuddin Ahmed Jhantu launched carpeting works of five roads in different areas of the city on Wednesday afternoon.
Derailment cuts off Dhaka’s rail links with Ctg, Sylhet
UNB, Brahmanbaria Rail communications of Dhaka with Chittagong and Sylhet were disrupted on Thursday morning following the derailment of six bogies of an express train at Puniaut rail crossing of the district town. Railway sources said six bogies of the…
7 killed as autorickshaw crashed under bus in Comilla
Seven people, including two children, were killed in a head-on collision between a bus and a CNG-run auto-rickshaw on Dhaka-Chittagong Highway in Chouddagram upazila on Tuesday evening. The six of the deceased were identified as Kulsum, 35, Rozina, 25, and…