Category: Transportation

Ferry services on the Daulatdia-Paturia route resumed this (Sunday) morning after four hours’ disruption due to dense fog.

The government has fixed an all-time record target of producing 95.55 lakh tonnes winter vegetables from 4.90 lakh hectares of land in the country during the current 2014-2015 Rabi season, official sources said.

Train communications of Chittagong with other parts of the country remained suspended as three bogies of a freight train derailed near Fouzdarhat Railway Station in the port city on Wednesday.

Cultivation of orange on commercial basis has become successful bringing fortune to many farmers and ushering in new prospect and era in the economy of the sub-Himalayan Panchagarh and Thakurgaon districts.

Growers of BINA Dhan-11 of the district are so much happy as they have got desired output against their crop this year creating positive impacts to other farmers.

Bangladesh Bridges Authority yesterday signed a contract to appoint a consultant firm for supervision of the construction work of the main Padma Bridge and river training at a cost of Tk 383.15 crore. Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader…

Transport owners and workers went on an indefinite strike in all districts under Rajshahi division from 6am on Sunday to press home their six-point demand, including a ban on the movement of unauthorised vehicles on roads and highways. Their other…

Transport Owners and Workers went on an indefinite strike in all districts under Rajshahi division from 6am on Sunday to press home its six-point demands, including a ban on the movement of unauthorized vehicles on roads and highways.

The Cabinet Purchase Committee is set to consider on Thursday the approval of the biggest ever tender proposal for the construction of Padma Multipurpose Bridge Project at a cost of Tk 12,133 crore. The Communications Ministry has put forward the…

Communications Minister Obaidul Quader on Monday said China Major Bridge Engineering Company got the main construction work of the much-talked-about Padma Multipurpose Bridge. He came up with the disclosure while addressing a discussion at Awami League President’s Dhanmondi political office…

Etihad Airways on Monday announced that it is establishing Etihad Flight College, a world-class flight training facility in the United Arab Emirates, for Emirati and international cadet pilots. As a first step in establishing the college, Etihad Airways is in…

Train Communications of Chittagong with Dhaka and Sylhet have been suspended as a bogie of a freight train derailed near Rasulpur rail station in Sadar upazila on Sunday morning.

CNG fuel station owners on Saturday threatened to go on strike if the government fails to meet the 5-point recommendation made by a high-level Energy Ministry Committee to solve their problems. 

The National Committee to protect Shipping, Roads and Railways sector (NCPSRR) on Friday demanded a high powered committee to check irregularities in the Mastership Exams held under the Department of Shipping. Addressing a press briefing at Moni Singh-Farhad Memorial Trust…

Highway robbers looted valuables worth Tk several lakhs from passengers of a bus on the Dhaka-Chittagong Highway at Putia in Daudkandi upazila on Wednesday night.

Three people, including two drivers, were killed and 10 others injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a truck on the Dhaka-Natore Highway in Sadar upazila of the district early Thursday.

A driver of a Chittagong University (CU) shuttle train, who was abducted allegedly by activists of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) on Wednesday morning, was released in the city’s Muradpur area, three hours after his abduction.

The work order for the main Padma Bridge construction will be issued in the first week of June, Communications Minister Obaidul Quader said on Friday. Talking to reporters during his visit to the bridge site in Lohajong upazila in the…