Road Surface Melting: Bargain bitumen failing to bear extreme heat
As the country is baking in heatwave, road surfaces in several districts have melted due to what experts say is the use of bitumen that cannot withstand this extreme heat.
4d ago
Road Condition Survey: Fearful of flak, RHD won’t publish entire reports
Roads and Highways Department will not make public its annual survey report on road conditions in its entirety to avoid, what its officials say, public criticism.
1w ago
RHD to expand 2 major roads around Dhaka
The Roads and Highways Department (RHD) is going to expand two major roads around Dhaka as part of developing the long-awaited inner ring road, aiming to reduce traffic congestion in the capital.
1w ago
Why do you need Tk 1,769.21cr for consultancy?
The Planning Commission has asked for an explanation regarding the amount metro rail authorities sought for consultancy services for the construction of a new metro line.
1w ago
Fares of long-distance train journeys set to rise from May 4
Passenger train fares are set to increase from May 4 as Bangladesh Railway has decided to stop rebating fares of passengers travelling over 100 kilometres
1w ago
Ensuring Road Safety: Lowest outcome from highest committees
The government has three high-powered committees to ensure roads are safe. These committees meet infrequently, and when they meet, they make almost identical decisions. And those decisions rarely come to fruition.
1w ago
Road Safety: Maladies every step of the way
The entire road transport sector has long been plagued by multifaceted problems, which are worsening every day amid sheer apathy from the authorities responsible for ensuring road safety.
2w ago
Old, unfit vehicles running amok
The bus involved in yesterday’s accident that left 14 dead in Faridpur would not have been on the road had the government not caved in to transport associations’ demand for allowing over 20 years old buses on roads.
2w ago
April 11, 2024
A family wiped out on Eid day
All three family members, along with two others, died after being struck by the broken mooring line of a passenger launch.
April 11, 2024
Snapped mooring line kills 5 at Sadarghat; 5 held
The victims include three of a family
April 8, 2024
Road crashes, fatalities rise steeply from January
The numbers of road accidents and deaths saw a sharp rise in the first three months of this year compared to the corresponding period last year. Experts blamed the spike on the authorities’ failure to implement specific measures and a lack of commitment to ensure road safety.
April 7, 2024
Elenga-Rangpur Four-Lane Conversion: More time, more money required
The government in September 2016 approved a project to turn a 190km two-lane road from Elenga to Rangpur into a four-lane highway with the view to boosting connectivity between the capital and the northern region.
April 6, 2024
Safety audit ignored in road projects
The Roads and Highways Department is implementing most of its projects to turn two-lane highways into four-lane ones without safety audits, which, according to experts, is a major compromise on road safety.
April 2, 2024
Bus Rapid Transit: Two Chinese firms banned from project over ‘fraud’
Two Chinese companies have been barred from a project for a year over “fraudulent practices” in connection with the procurement process of 137 buses for bus rapid transit (BRT) services.
March 31, 2024
Test train reaches Jashore from Bhanga in an hour
Laying of the main railway line from Bhanga to Jashore has already been completed and the authorities are carrying out different tests on this section with an aim to open the entire Dhaka-Jashore line for commercial operation within four months.
March 25, 2024
Road Transport Act 2018: Changes afoot to protect vehicles, workers from mobs
After a road crash, mobs often vandalise and torch vehicles and beat up drivers they deem responsible. The government is now going to make such activities punishable under the Road Transport Act 2018.
March 18, 2024
Bangladesh-Japan Joint Initiative: PPP projects caught up in myriad problems
Most of the public-private partnership projects that were listed to be implemented under the Bangladesh-Japan joint initiative could not make any significant progress over the last six years because of multiple problems.
March 15, 2024
Bhanga-Kuakata rail route: Plan revived to lay 214km track
Bangladesh Railway is reviving its plan to build a 214km rail line from Bhanga to Kuakata via Madaripur, Barishal and Payra port following recent instructions from the prime minister.
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