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Digital traffic system has already been a long-drawn issue
| Updated at 12:00am on February 17, 2021
THE failure of a horde of projects initiated with an aim to introduce a digital system in the capital city for a better traffic management...
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Khulna-Mongla rail line to open to traffic by December, says minister
Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha . Dhaka | Updated at 11:37pm on January 30, 2021
Railways minister Md Nurul Islam Sujan on Saturday said that the under construction new rail line from Khulna to Mongla port would be completed and...
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Frankfurt airport traffic nosedives to lowest since 1984
Agence France-Presse . Frankfurt am Main | Updated at 12:48am on January 19, 2021
The operator of Frankfurt airport said on Monday that passenger numbers in 2020 plunged to their lowest since the 1980s as the coronavirus pandemic devastated...
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Project to install intelligent traffic system in limbo
Shahin Akhter | Updated at 12:52am on January 08, 2021
An ongoing project to install automatic intelligent system at four major road crossings in Dhaka to improve traffic management is yet to take off. The...
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Recurring subsidence worries Kapasia dwellers
Our Correspondent . Gazipur | Updated at 06:36pm on December 11, 2020
About 4,000 square feet of land near the River Shitalakhya at Kapasia subsided in the early hours of Friday destroying crop fields, a road and...
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Alternative road beside Chandrima Udyan open for traffic today
Staff Correspondent | Updated at 11:32pm on December 09, 2020
An alternative road beside the Chandrima Udyan is going to open today for traffic to facilitate the work of metro rail project. The road stretch,...
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Integrated parking policy is the answer
| Updated at 12:00am on October 25, 2020
INADEQUATE parking space has been a major contributor to the nagging traffic congestion in the capital, but the authorities concerned are far from implementing a...
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Parking space crisis cripples city traffic movement
Shahin Akhter | Updated at 12:02am on October 24, 2020
The acute crisis of parking spaces is a major reason for the nagging traffic congestions in the capital while urban planners say that more off-street...
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14 killed in road mishaps in Bangladesh
Staff Correspondent | Updated at 09:29pm on July 31, 2020
At least 14 people were killed in six traffic accidents in six districts in Bangladesh on Friday, a day before the Eid-ul-Azha to be observed...
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Less traffic police on roads as COVID-19 fear mounts
Staff Correspondent | Updated at 12:30am on June 26, 2020
The deployment of traffic police in the capital reduced recently to protect the force from coronavirus infection while the number of vehicles and pedestrians on...