Pankag Karmakar

The government yesterday hiked bus and CNG-run auto-rickshaw fares in Dhaka and Chittagong cities amid passengers' worry that transport operators may charge them more than the rate fixed.

Some bus operators in the capital are charging additional fare due to gas price hike, although the authorities concerned repeatedly said they would not increase it until the government decided about it.

Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) has proposed increasing bus fare by 10 percent; however, private bus owners in Dhaka and Chittagong cities demanded the fare increase to be double that.

Private launch owners yesterday put forward two new proposals that aim to make large profits, but also put passengers' lives at risk.

Unfit human hauliers, driven by reckless drivers without licenses or with fake licenses, ply the Motijheel-Mugda route in the capital putting commuters' lives at risk.

The Election Commission is struggling to make the registered political parties submit their annual financial transaction reports in time,

Some senior field level officials of the Election Commission (EC) have proposed to scrutinise the authenticity of the annual audit

The Election Commission (EC) prepares to hold municipality polls in December, paving the way for a battle of ballots among the grassroots leaders of the ruling Awami League and BNP.

Excited five-year-old girl Naima was waiting at a bus stop but she could hardly wait for a boat ride, which her grandfather promised to make it happen during her Eid holidays at their village home in Bogra. "Dadu [grandfather] has told me over the phone that a boat is waiting for me. Dadu and I will get on it tomorrow [Friday] and be on it all day long," an enthusiastic Naima said.

A double-decker bus of the state-run Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC) left Nandan Park in Ashulia at 9:20am on Monday. It slowly moved towards the capital as the helper looked for passengers.

Overcrowded launches with too little safety gear left the Sadarghat and Mawa launch terminals in the capital and Munshiganj yesterday, putting the lives of thousands of home-goers at risk.

Twenty-two crew of a Bangladeshi cargo vessel remain stranded in the African country of Guinea for more than seven months, as the authorities there seized the ship upon filing of compensation lawsuits by importers.