Sylhet’s rail communication with other parts of the country has remained snapped since early hours of Thursday as a huge mass of soil, under the rail track, was washed away by rainwater at Vanugach in Srimangal upazila of Moulvibazar.
Tag: Transportation
3 KM tailback at Dhaka-Ctg highway
A three-km long tailback was created on Dhaka-Chittagong Highway on Friday morning after a truck went out of order on the Meghna Bridge in Gazaria upazila, causing immense sufferings to the commuters. In-charge of Bhaberchar Police Camp sub-inspector M Kamruzzaman…
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Batman v Superman Turkish Airlines today announced its partnership with Warner Bros. Pictures on the highly anticipated action adventure film, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.
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.
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.
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.
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Train derails at Godagari in Rajshahi
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.
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.