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Govt to buy 340 buses from S Korea

Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation is going to take up a project to import 340 buses and other equipment from South Korea.

Why we need more female public bus services

The problems faced in public transport are further intensified when the passenger is a woman.

CCTV on buses but a drop in the ocean

Scale up such initiatives for a safe city for women

Commuters suffer for lack of transport on Savar highways

The number of homebound people on Dhaka-Aricha and Nabinagar-Chandra highways in Savar increased this noon. However, the number of vehicles did not.

How will Eid journey be this time?

Another Eid is nearing, and Dhaka dwellers are planning to leave the city and head home for the holiday. The country is celebrating Eid-ul-Fitr with a nine-day holiday – giving people the perfect opportunity to spend time with their near and dear ones outside the capital, at home, or at tourist destinations. People in Dhaka can move around with relative ease; however, holiday-makers are expected to face a difficult situation.

Bus of bandits

Posing as passengers, a gang used to rob valuables from people travelling in a bus on the Dhaka-Aricha highway.

Football: Vietnam apologises for Indonesia team bus attack

Vietnamese football authorities apologised on Thursday after fans hurled stones at the Indonesian team bus shortly after their Suzuki Cup semi-final tie in Hanoi, breaking a window and injuring two of the visiting team's staff.

LVG puts on brave face

Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal put on a brave face and refused to blame an attack on his team's bus for the serious setback to his side's Champions League hopes at West Ham United.

3 killed as 2 buses smash car

Three of a family, including two women, were killed as two buses rammed their car from behind one after another in the capital's Khilkhet area yesterday.

January 22, 2016
January 22, 2016

3 killed in Patuakhali road crash

Three people are killed as a bus hit a motorcycle in Golachipa upazila of Patuakhali.

December 14, 2015
December 14, 2015

41 killed after bus falls off bridge in Argentina

At least 41 people, most of them police officers, are killed after a bus fell off a bridge in north-west Argentina, officials say.

December 7, 2015
December 7, 2015

1 killed in Dhaka road crash

A woman killed and two others critically injured as a bus hit them in Kamalapur area of Dhaka, police source said.

October 23, 2015
October 23, 2015

French bus crash: Pensioners killed in truck collision (video)

At least 42 pensioners on a day trip are killed after their bus collided with a truck and burst into flames in south-western France.

October 19, 2015
October 19, 2015

Solve transport fare hassle, public body tells govt

Bangladesh Passengers’ Welfare Association urges government to solve crisis in transport sector that has arisen out of “uncontrolled” fare hike in public transports.

September 28, 2015
September 28, 2015

3 killed as bus runs over motorcycle in Feni

Three people are killed and 10 others injured after a bus ran over a motorcycle at Dagonbhuiyan upazila of Feni.

September 11, 2015
September 11, 2015

Bangladesh U-19 cricketer Nihaduzzaman injured in bus crash

Bangladesh Under-19 cricketer Nihaduzzaman was one of nearly 40 individuals to suffer injuries in a bus accident near Sirajganj,

August 26, 2015
August 26, 2015

When wrong is right! (video)

With utter disregard for law and norms, Dhaka University and Jagannath University buses ply on the wrong side of city streets regularly, apparently to avoid traffic.

August 11, 2015
August 11, 2015

Indefinite strike on Dhaka-Sylhet highway from tomorrow

Transport Workers Union calls for indefinite strike on Dhaka-Sylhet highway from tomorrow.

July 8, 2015
July 8, 2015

Bus set on fire for killing 12-yr-old boy

A bus is set on fire after it ran over a 12-year-old boy in Dhanmondi area of Dhaka this afternoon.