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2 BRTC buses set on fire in Rajshahi
Staff Correspondent | Updated at 11:33am on March 28, 2021
Two buses of Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation were set on fire at Naodapara truck terminal in Rajshahi city on Sunday morning. No one was arrested...
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Tajul Islam new BRTC chairman
Staff Correspondent | Updated at 01:10am on February 10, 2021
M Tajul Islam has joined the Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation as chairman. Prior to this appointment, he was an additional secretary of the Ministry of...
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All must be asked to stop parking vehicles on road at night
| Updated at 12:00am on January 21, 2021
THE parking of vehicles, especially buses and trucks, on city roads has continued to be a prickly issue for a long time. There have off...
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BRTC asked not to park buses on city roads after midnight
Staff Correspondent | Updated at 05:38pm on January 19, 2021
The Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation has been asked not to park its buses on Dhaka city roads after midnight after February 28. The directive came...
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BRTC buses fail to live up to people’s expectations
| Updated at 12:00am on December 08, 2020
A LACK of maintenance, accountability and monitoring, coupled with a penchant for procurement, has come to take a heavy toll on the buses under the...
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BRTC faces driver crisis
Shahin Akhter | Updated at 11:18pm on December 06, 2020
The state-owned Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation is facing a huge crisis of drivers while transport experts have urged it to train drivers in its own...
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Many BRTC buses go out of order in few years
Shahin Akhter | Updated at 11:02pm on December 06, 2020
Many buses of the Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation become inoperative after few years in service resulting in a huge wastage of public money. Transport experts...
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BRTC plans to introduce electric buses
Shahin Akhter | Updated at 12:06am on December 04, 2020
Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation is planning to introduce electric bus service for the first time in the country. Planning minister MA Mannan recently gave approval...
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BRTC faces loss, seeks Tk 20 crore to pay staff
Shahin Akhter | Updated at 12:43am on April 26, 2020
Staff of Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation, especially drivers, their assistants, conductors and mechanics, are passing days in uncertainty over getting salaries and other allowances in...
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49pc BRTC shares to go public
Staff Correspondent | Updated at 12:35am on February 12, 2020
The Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation Bill 2020 was passed in parliament on Tuesday with a provision to offload 49 per cent shares of the corporation...