Bangladesh, Nov. 17 -- The much-talked-about Road Transport Act, 2018 came into effect on Sunday, said Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader.

"The law will be enforced from today (Sunday) after its lax enforcement for two weeks that expired two days back," he said.

Quader, also general secretary of Awami League, was a addressing a discussion titled 'Road Safety and Road Transport Act 2018' on the permanent campus of American International University Bangladesh (AIUB) at Kuril in the city.

Mentioning that there are many challenges lying ahead in implementing the new law, he said they will go ahead to enforce it anyhow.

The Transport Act was supposed to come into effect on November 1 last.

However, Quader on November 2 sai...