Transport

Metro rail reopens, no carrying meat on it

Passengers cannot carry the skins of sacrificed animals while travelling on the trains either

Battery rickshaws fill dumping stations

Vehicles impounded by traffic police occupy a large section of the north side of Dhaka's Postogola Bridge. A large number of these seized vehicles are battery-powered rickshaws. The vehicles, which are taken into custody due to various traffic violations such as driving on main roads, often remain unclaimed for extended periods and fall into disrepair.

Six-day pause on trucks, covered vans around Eid

Decisions have also been taken to crack down on the charging of excess fares for passengers, fraud in Qurbani sacrifice transport, step up accident monitoring and add coaches to trains

Halt to India transshipment will not cause problems: advisor

The government has spoken to all stakeholders and Bangladesh will increase its own capacity to transport these goods, he says

Metro rail staff withdraw work stoppage, ticket sales resume

Sales of single journey tickets were suspended for 2.5 hours, but resume at 9:30am

Advance bus tickets for Eid trips go on sale Mar 14

The tickets will be for trips from Mar 25 to Mar 31

‘Metro rail workers’ threaten to halt service from Feb 21

They are demanding the formulation of comprehensive service rules and regulations within the next three days

A ride just not right