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MNA National Desk: Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader has said the guidelines on the new road transport act are in the final stages. “Once it is done, there won’t be any problem with the enforcement of the law,” he told a news conference at Awami League’s Dhanmondi offices on Thursday, reports bdnews24.com. Transport owners and workers called off their strike after the government promised to address their concerns over the new law on Wednesday. However, bus services on several long routes are yet to fully resume. “There is no reason to interrupt traffic. There will be no unnecessary ...

MNA Editorial Desk: Road traffic accidents and injuries are a global tragedy and now turned into a growing and serious problem worldwide and the safety situation is very severe in developing countries like Bangladesh. An alarming rise has been observed in the number of road accidents in Bangladesh during the last decade. Bangladesh is a developing fast and logically motorization is required at both urban and rural areas, which is very evident in Bangladesh. For an economy to prosper, communication and connectivity is very important–an area where Bangladesh developed a lot during the last few years. The whole country including ...

MNA Feature Desk: After fasting and performing religious customs for a month, the end of holy Ramadan is going to bring us the most cherished festival of the Muslims –Eid-ul-Fitr. We, the Bangladeshi citizens, along with the Muslim Ummah around the globe will celebrate this festival with our friends and family. Not only the Muslims but also people from all religions celebrate this festival. Millions of people are all set to leave the busy city Dhaka for their roots to enjoy the upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr. Not only from Dhaka but also from other districts people will rush to their homes to ...

MNA National Desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has given new directives on road safety, although most of her earlier orders fell on deaf ears of the authorities concerned. Sources said many of the instructions regarding road safety are yet to be implemented due to the implementers’ procrastination. The latest directive came as the premier opened the second Kanchpur Bridge to traffic on March 16. She earlier directed relaxation of drivers on highways and an end to unhealthy competition while on wheels. Hasina sought to ensure road safety during the weekly cabinet meeting on June 25 last year against the backdrop ...

MNA National Desk: Garment workers blockade Abdullahpur-Airport road on Monday for the second day demanding implementation of newly announced salary structure, creating a long tailback of vehicles on both sides. Agitating workers had blockade the road on Sunday to press home for their demand. Later, they lifted the barricade following assurance by the authorities of Versatile Garments. The workers again took to the street today as their demand was not met yet, reports a Bangla online news portal. The workers first blockade Gazipur road. But, being obstructed by police, they later, proceeded to Abdullahpur and Uttara at about 11:15am. Witnesses ...

MNA National Desk: Road Transport Act, the new transport law, was passed by the Parliament with five-year jail term and Tk 500,000 fines for casualties in crashes caused by reckless driving. The maximum punishment will be death penalty under the new law if murder charge is proved in fatal road crash. Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader presented the Act and the MPs passed it in voice vote on Wednesday. The government accelerated the process of passing the law by raising the penalty for road crashes, which was maximum three years in jail, following student protests for safe roads. ...

MNA National Desk: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Thursday opened four road development projects in Cumilla expressing her firm optimism that Bangladesh would advance further keeping its head high. “We’re a victorious nation … we’ll move keeping our head high and materialize Bangabandhu’s dream of establishing a developed and prosperous Sonar Bangla (Golden Bangla),” she told the inaugural function of the four projects. The premier opened the four development projects through a video conferencing from her official Ganabhaban residence in city this morning, reports BSS. The schemes are Companiganj-Muradnagar-Homna Highway and Gouripur-Homna Bridge under the Road Transport and Highways Division ...

MNA National Desk: Bangladesh Bank Deputy Director Golam Hossain killed in a road crash at Tikatuli in Dhaka on Tuesday morning. The deceased was 45. The Wari police Sub-inspector (SI) Moyazzem Hossain said the accident took place at Tikatuli crossing under Wari police station at about 7:30am. The body of Golam Hossain has been kept at Dhaka Medical College Hospital (DMCH) morgue. Four injured, including Golam Hossain, who was also inside the bus, were rushed to Dhaka Medical. Later, Golam Hossain was declared dead at about 8:30am, the police added. The other injured are identified as Jalaluddin, 56, Shahida Begum, ...

MNA Editorial Desk: Road accidents are becoming a more common tool of threat to life in Bangladesh. A total of 186 people were killed and 746 others were injured as some 127 incidents took place on road, rail and river ways across the country during the nine-day Eid holidays. Of them, 172 people died in road; 11 in waterway; and three in railway accidents in the country since July 1, said Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity (BJKS) in its report. The BJKS road accident monitoring team says that 46 percent of motorcycles, 32 percent of buses, 18 percent of three-wheelers and ...