Rail link of Rajshahi with Chapainawabganj were cut off as a train derailed after miscreants removed fishplates from the railway track at Latitnagar Station in Godagari uapzila in Rajshahi early Saturday.
Category: Transportation
Biman fligt makes mergency landing at Shahjajal Airport
Biman Bangladesh Airlines flight BG047, en-route from Chittagong to Dubai, made an emergency landing at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport, Dhaka early Friday morning after one of its engines experienced an in-flight surge. “None of the passengers on board was hurt…
Express train derails at Mirsarai, rail link with Ctg snapped
Rail communication to and from the port cit of Chittaong has remained suspended since 4 am on Monday as the engine and two bogies of the Nasirabad Express Train coming from Mymensingh derailed at Mirsarai due to removal of some…
Taka 22, 000 crore metro rail tender floated
The government has floated the first ever global tender for the upcoming Taka 22,000 crore worth mega metro rail project. “We have floated global tender under pakage-8 on last Friday to procure Rolling Stock (engines and coaches) and depot equipment…
Metro rail bill passed in JS
The Jatiya Sangsad on Monday passed the Metro Rail Bill, 2015, which is meant t help curb traffic jam in the capital city side by side with providing quick and modern transport service to commuters. Road Transport and Bridges Minister…
Shimulia-Kawarakandi ferry services resume
Ferry services on the Shimulia-Kawarakandi route in the Padma river remained suspended for four hours till this morning.
Expanded cultivation of zinc-enriched rice stressed
Agriculture experts have stressed for enhanced cultivation of zinc-enriched rice to prevent deficiency of vital micro-nutrients like zinc, iron and vitamin-A of the children to ensure their normal growth and increase disease resistant capacity.
Blockade enters 5th day amid violence, police escort buses
The fourth day of countrywide blockade programme passed off amid stray incidents of violence of setting fire to and damaging vehicles, clashes between police and pro-blockade activists in different parts of the country leaving around 100 people injured. The blockade…
Inter-cropping with sugarcane always brings more profit to farmers
Inter-cropping with sugarcane has been found as more beneficial to the farmers as it can boost total crop production per unit area coupled with ensuring sustainable sugarcane cultivation with higher economic benefit compared to other crops.
Profitable lemon cultivation brings fortune to farmers
Cultivation of highly profitable lemon has been expanding fast bringing fortune to hundreds of farmers, common people and distressed women everywhere in Rangpur region in recent years.
Bus, launch services suspended: Passengers at bay
Members of the travelling public fell into immense sufferings as buses and launches on almost all inter-district routes were suddenly suspended ahead of BNP scheduled rally in capital Dhaka on Monday. The problem becamse acute for office-goers who went to…
Bid to save second drifting migrant ship off Italian coast
The Italian coast guard says a merchant ship with at least 400 migrants on board is heading for the Italian coast. The Ezadeen, sailing under the flag of Sierra Leone, has no crew on board and has lost power in…
Govt negligence to blame for Kamalapur accident: BNP
The government’s insincerity, mismanagement and negligence caused the train-covered van crash inside the Inland Container Depot (ICD) of Kamalapur Railway Station killing six people, says BNP. “This fatal accident has again proved that the government has totally failed to ensure…
AirAsia Indonesia plane search resumes
The search is continuing for AirAsia Indonesia flight QZ8501, a day after it went missing with 162 people on board. The head of Indonesia’s search-and-rescue agency has suggested the plane could be at the bottom of the sea, but no…
Shimulia-Kawrakandi ferry services resume after 9 hrs
Ferry services on the Shimulia-Kawrakandi route in the Padma river resumed after nine hours’ disruption caused by dense fog on Sunday morning.
AirAsia flight QZ8501 from Indonesia to Singapore missing
An AirAsia flight travelling from Indonesia to Singapore has lost contact with air traffic control with 162 people on board. Flight QZ8501 lost contact at 07:24 (23:24 GMT), Malaysia-based AirAsia tweeted. Search and rescue operations are under way. Malaysia’s national…
Duel gauge double rail track from Akhaura-Laksham on anvil
The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) on Tuesday approved a project for Bangladesh Railway (BR) to set up two dual gauge double rail tracks from Akhaura to Laksam aiming to develop rail communication and the Akhaura-Chittagong section…
4 bodies recovered from along rail tracks in city
The bodies of four unidentified people, including two of women, were found, along railways, in different areas of the capital in just 24 hours’ time till Monday noon. Sub-inspector Rafiqul Islam of Kamalapur Government Railway Police Station said they recovered…
Drive against hawkers, rickshaws soon to contail pol heat?
Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader on Sunday said the government will launch a drive to evict hawkers from footpaths and stop the plying of illegal rickshaws on city roads within a month. The decision was taken at the…
No permanent shutting Shela River route: Shipping Minister
Shipping Minister Shajahan Khan has shot down an environment ministry recommendation to permanently shut down Sundarbans Shela River route. “We are not thinking about closing the route yet,” he said after an inter ministerial meeting Sunday. Ministry of Environment and…
Ferry plying resumes on Shimulia-Kawrakandi route after 7 hrs
Ferry services on the Shimulia-Kawrakandi route in the Padma river resumed after seven hours’ disruption caused by dense fog on Sunday morning.
Sunken tanker pulled ashore, oil spill damages to Sunderbans huge
Officials warned Thursday that oil spill from a crashed tanker is threatening endangered dolphins and other wildlife in the massive Sundarbans mangrove region, branding the leak an ecological “catastrophe”. The tanker carrying an estimated 350,000 litres (75,000 gallons) of oil…
Ten flights delayed due to foggy weather at Dhaka Airport
Operation of flights of several international airlines, which were scheduled to land or take off, faced an unusual delay at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in the capital on Thursday due to dense fog-caused poor visibility. Sources at the airport said…
Biman in deep trouble for lack of efficient manpower
-By Raquib Siddiqi For the first time in its history Biman Bangladesh Airlines Limited, has a modern and dependable fleet. But there is no proper manpower to operate it. Imbalance in the composition of existing fleet is also positing problem…
Paturia-Daulatdia ferry services resume after 8 hrs’ halt
Ferry services on the Paturia-Daulatdia route in the Padma river resumed after eight hours of disruption caused by dense fog on Tuesday morning.
New river port opens near Mawa
A new river port at Shimulia-Ranigaon is formally inaugurated near Mawa under Louhajong upazila in Munshiganj at 1pm yesterday.
Ferry services on Daulatdia-Paturia route resume
Ferry services on the Daulatdia-Paturia route in the Padma River resumed on Sunday morning after a four-hour disruption due to dense fog.
Derailment snaps Dhaka-Ishwardi rail link
Train communication of Dhaka with Ishwardi remained suspended since Sunday morning as four compartments of a train derailed near Sayedabad Railway Station on the west side of the Bangabandhu Bridge.
Derailment halts Dhaka, Sylhet rail links with Ctg
Rail communications of Dhaka and Sylhet with Chittagong remained snapped from Thursday morning following the derailment of a train in Sadar Dakkhin upazila.
Ferry services on Shimulia-Kewrakandi, Daulatdia-Paturia routes resume after disruption
Ferry services on the Shimulia-Kawrakandi and Daulatdia-Paturia routes in the Padma river resumed after several hours’ disruption caused by dense fog on Monday morning.