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Govt projects equally liable for defying allowable limits

Dhaka, April 25 -- The private sector is mostly blamed for damaging highways for carrying overloaded goods, so are government agencies to blame equally for conveying overweight building materials and ... Read More


Higher-axle vehicles key culprit: Study

Dhaka, April 23 -- Goods-laden vehicles of higher axles carry much higher than allowable weight limit compared to those with lower axles, thereby contributing to damaging expensive road infrastructure... Read More


Demand for training all drivers gets louder

Dhaka, April 22 -- When most driving seats are occupied by millions of unprofessional, untrained drivers risking passengers' lives almost daily, the authorities concerned hardly pay any heed to train ... Read More


Kamalapur MmTH: BR takes fresh move for study on infrastructure relocation

Dhaka, April 17 -- Bangladesh Railway (BR) has taken another move to conduct a study for identifying infrastructures needed to be relocated or shifted from the Kamalapur Rail Station premises for esta... Read More


Railway ditches Akhaura-Sylhet upgrade after China cost talks fail

Dhaka, April 1 -- Bangladesh Railway (BR) has finally decided to shelve a flawed project to upgrade the country's important Akhaura-Sylhet line after nearly seven years of delays in negotiations over ... Read More


Planned subway network in city: No physical progress for lack of financing

Dhaka, March 28 -- The subway network planned to be developed in the city has so far made no physical progress as the authorities could not arrange funds in almost two years since the completion of it... Read More


Elenga-Rangpur road expansion likely for two-year extension

Dhaka, March 26 -- The tenure of Elenga-Hatikumrul-Rangpur highway four-lane project is set for extension for two more years for failing to ready the entire regional corridor by December 2024. Althou... Read More


Gazipur-Airport BRT: Legal snag hits bus-buying bid

Dhaka, March 22 -- The nightmare project to develop the first BRT corridor from Gazipur to Airport is now facing legal complication over a bus-purchase tender as a Chinese bidder complained against it... Read More


Foreign funding unlikely for non-green projects from July

Dhaka, March 5 -- Ongoing development projects, too, may fall into funding uncertainty as major foreign financiers are bound by global decarbonisation deal to cease financing non-green ones from this ... Read More


Metro rails getting new timings

Dhaka, Feb. 15 -- The metro rail is set to reduce the time gap of train operations by increasing the number of trains next week amid a mounting pressure of passengers on the first corridor from Uttara... Read More