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New ticket-based pink bus service on Dhaka roads from tomorrow
Approximately 2,610 pink buses operated by 21 different companies will serve routes from Abdullahpur to various destinations across the capital.
5 February 2025, 07:11 AM
The types of passengers you meet on a bus
Dhaka is not that big of a city. But there are way too many people, and while the number of buses is not little either, it’s far from enough. The daily bus commutes in Dhaka are tedious but if one is willing, there are plenty of drama and stories to find. Today, we will count the five types of p
27 January 2025, 18:00 PM
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.
4 September 2023, 18:00 PM
Why we need more female public bus services
The problems faced in public transport are further intensified when the passenger is a woman.
4 May 2023, 00:00 AM
CCTV on buses but a drop in the ocean
Scale up such initiatives for a safe city for women
27 December 2022, 11:28 AM
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.
30 April 2022, 10:30 AM
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.
25 April 2022, 11:33 AM
Bus of bandits
Posing as passengers, a gang used to rob valuables from people travelling in a bus on the Dhaka-Aricha highway.
3 November 2017, 18:00 PM
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.
8 December 2016, 07:23 AM
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.
11 May 2016, 18:00 PM
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.
20 March 2016, 18:00 PM
3 killed in Madaripur road crash
At least three people are killed and as many injured when a bus rammed a three-wheeler on Dhaka-Barisal highway in Madaripur sadar upazila.
5 March 2016, 11:39 AM
3 killed in Patuakhali road crash
Three people are killed as a bus hit a motorcycle in Golachipa upazila of Patuakhali.
22 January 2016, 07:04 AM
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.
14 December 2015, 15:57 PM
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.
7 December 2015, 15:51 PM
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.
23 October 2015, 07:45 AM
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.
19 October 2015, 09:34 AM
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.
28 September 2015, 14:53 PM
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,
11 September 2015, 16:10 PM
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.
26 August 2015, 06:28 AM