Tuhin Shubhra Adhikary

Bangladesh is all set to step into a new era of commuting with a new mode of public transport that has never been seen before -- the electricity-powered metro rail of Dhaka.

The long-awaited metro rail project is finally becoming a reality as the country’s first overhead electric train will be launched today, bringing with it excitement and also its share of challenges.

Dhaka Metropolitan Police will ensure security at the country’s first metro rail, set to be inaugurated on Wednesday, until a dedicated force is available.

Metro rail authorities are planning to start selling single- and multiple-use cards after launching the country's first metro rail on December 28.

Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC) has readied 50 double-decker buses to provide shuttle services to metro rail passengers as the country’s first metro rail service is going to be launched on December 28.

Bangladesh Railway has started its biggest recruitment process in recent time as the state-run rail transport agency is running short of manpower, hampering its services seriously.

After opening 100 new bridges to traffic in a single day last month, the government is now going to, simultaneously inaugurate 100 roads, most of which were either widened or renovated recently.

The proposed Bhanga-Jashore-Benapole Highway development project will be setting an example of how poor planning and uncertainty over funding can escalate the implementation costs sharply.

A Chinese state-owned company has proposed to implement Dhaka-Chattogram High Speed Railway Project by forming a company, where China will have an 80 percent share.

The Roads and Highways Department is going to give two contractors with poor track records the job of implementing the Dhaka Sylhet highway expansion project.

Nearly one in every three passenger trains remain inoperative due to shortages of carriages and manpower.

Bangladesh Railway is implementing 35 projects to expand its services, but none of them would be completed on time, raising questions about its capability in executing such a large number of development schemes concurrently.

Bangladesh Railway will be suspending rail operations between Dhaka and Narayanganj for three months, starting from December 4, to facilitate the work of the Padma Bridge Rail Link Project (PBRLP).

Bangladesh Railway (BR) has sought more funds from European Investment Bank (EIB) to expand lines and procure locomotives and carriages for improved services.

A Japan-Bangladesh joint-venture firm will develop the depot area for the country’s first-ever underground metro rail, MRT-1, for which physical work is expected to start next month.

The state-run Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC) has taken a move to bring all city-service buses under its jurisdiction, operating in Dhaka and adjacent areas, under an e-ticketing system by December this year, aiming to reduce the hassle of passengers and improve overall services.

Tomorrow's National Road Safety Council meeting will focus on three main agendas--National Road Safety Strategic Action Plan-2021-2024, banning motorcycles on highways and no registration to vehicles already declared abandoned.

Authorities have taken the initiative for setting coordinated speed limits for vehicles on all major roads to reduce road crashes, which has become a major concern for the country.

People’s wait for a dedicated bus service on the Dhaka-Gazipur route is getting longer as the authorities would require at least one more year to make the Bus Rapid Transit Line-3 operational.

The government, for the first time in the country, is going to develop a strategy and action plan for post-crash response care  for road crash victims.