Tag: Transportation

The government has taken up a plan to construct a much need bridge over the Teesta River to ease the road communication system between Kurigram and Gaibandha districts including Lalmonirhat.

Rail communications of Sylhet with other parts of the country remained suspended as two oil tank wagons of a freight train derailed at Moghla Bazar in Dakkhin Surma upazila on Thursday morning.

The price of oil fell Tuesday after parts of the U.S. government were ordered to shut down because of a budget impasse in Washington.  

Azizul Alam Mintu and Mortuza Hossain have been elected president and general secretary respectively of Bangladesh Paribahan Sangstha Sramik Samity (227) Magura unit for the next two years.

Shipping Minister Shajahan Khan on Wednesday said the government will take action against launch owners if they charge extra fares from passengers going to celebrate upcoming Eid-ul-Azha with their near and dear ones at their village homes.

Advance train tickets for all classes will be issued between Oct 2- 6 in view of Eid-ul-Azha. Return tickets for the capital will be on sale from Oct 9 to Oct 13.

Private mobile phone operator Grameenphone has recently launched a hospitality facility at the Balaka Lounge of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport for its Platinum Plus STAR customers.  

Ferry services on Daulatdia-Paturia route which remained suspended since Monday due to poor navigability and strong current in the river Padma could not be restored till Wednesday evening.

Sylhet-Dhaka-Ctg rail links cut off The rail communications of Sylhet with Dhaka and Chittagong were disrupted following derailment of a freight train in Daulatkandi area of Raipura upazila on Wednesday morning.

Ferry operation in the old channel at Paturia-Daulatdia route has stopped again. BIWTC said RO-RO ferry ‘Birsreshtha Motiur Rahman’ was stuck while navigating through the old channel halting ferry operations at 10pm Monday.

The Chittagong Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI) on Monday decided to form ‘Port and Customs Monitoring Cell’ comprising representatives from the port users’ organisations for its better management and ensuring transparency at all stages.  

Kushtia District Bus-Minibus-Coach Owners’ Association and Kushtia Motor Workers’ Union will enforce an indefinite strike on all routes of the district from September 5 to press for stopping movement of the shallow engine-run human haulers on the roads and highway.

Biman Bangladesh Airlines will begin its Hajj flights from the first week of September, its Managing Director Kevin Steele has said.

Buses from Barisal region resumed plying to Gabtali terminal of Dhaka from Saturday noon.

Speakers at a meeting on “Overall Road Communication Network” here on Friday underlining the need for ensuring proper monitoring to oversee the progress of works of different development projects undertaken by the Roads and Highways Department.

Ferry services on Daulatdia-Paturia route resumed on Friday morning after a seven-hour halt due to navigation crisis in the mighty Padma River.

National flag career Biman Bangladesh Airlines is going to resume flights to all domestic destinations from November this year.

The price of oil fell below $108 a barrel Friday after British lawmakers refused to approve military action against Syria, easing concerns about international intervention in the country’s civil war.  

The price of oil rose surged past $112 a barrel Wednesday, as the U.S. edged closer to intervening in Syria’s civil war.  

National flag career Biman Bangladesh Airlines has leased two Boeing aircraft to carry this year’s hajj pilgrims.

Ferry services on the Mawa-Kawrakandi route restarted on Wednesday morning after 12 hours of disruption due to inclement weather prevailing in the Padma River.

Owners of seagoing ships on Friday urged the government to ratify the Maritime Labour Convention (MLC) 2006, which comes into force on August 20 this year, to improve country’s image in the international arena.

Bangladesh Railway (BR) on Thursday launched two Diesel Electric Multiple Unit (Demu) trains on Parbatipur-Lalmonirhat and Parbatipur-Thakurgaon routes on experimental basis.

The government will build a separate railway bridge alongside the existing Jamuna Multipurpose Bridge to facilitate railway connectivity and the project will be implemented on a public private partnership (PPP) basis.

Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) approved 500 new taxi-cabs in a bid to ease transportation crisis in the capital.

United Airways (BD) Limited, the country’s largest private airliner, will fly daily on Dhaka-Kathmandu route from August 24, officials said here on Wednesday.   They said the airline started operating four flights a week on Dhaka-Kathmandu route on January 4, 2010.…

Railway to upgrade its 5 hospitals into medical colleges thru PPP The government will build a separate railway bridge alongside the existing Jamuna Multipurpose Bridge to facilitate railway connectivity and the project will be implemented on a public private partnership…

Leaders of Bangladesh Fish Workers’ Alliance (BFWA) on Monday expressed concern as the government has recently given licenses to 25 new fishing trawlers for fishing in deep sea.   

The committee believes introduction of flights on these routes will benefit commuters travelling between Dhaka and New York.