Bangladesh plans to gradually introduce an artificial intelligence-based automated traffic fine system on highways nationwide after evaluating a system launched on the Dhaka-Chattogram highway, home minister Salahuddin Ahmed said Tuesday.
Bangladesh’s two stalled Dhaka metro projects could cost more than twice their original estimates because of a stronger U.S. dollar, inflation, higher taxes, and station design changes, a government-appointed expert committee found.
Battery-powered e-rickshaws and auto-rickshaws will have to use solar power for charging to qualify for registration under new rules being prepared by the government, state minister for local government, rural development, and cooperatives Mir Shahe Alam said Monday.
Business leaders are urging authorities to regulate Dhaka’s rapidly growing number of battery-run rickshaws as drivers of the three-wheeled vehicles press the government for protections, training, and improved working conditions.
Bangladesh will conduct its first nationwide vessel census from Aug. 20 to 29 as part of an effort to build a safer and more efficient inland water transport system.
A new commuter train connecting Dhaka with Gopalganj via Padma Bridge began service Monday, offering a direct rail option for residents after a long wait.
Nearly 33,000 people have been killed in road accidents across Bangladesh over the past five years, with motorcycle riders accounting for about one-third of the deaths, according to figures cited in a report on road safety.
Four compartments of the Jamalpur Commuter train, including its power car, derailed, disrupting train service on the Dhaka-Mymensingh rail link, railway officials said.
Bangladesh has proposed importing natural gas from Myanmar through a cross-border pipeline as it seeks to diversify energy supplies and meet rising demand.
Bangladesh plans to allow private companies to operate water buses as part of an effort to restore waterways around Dhaka and ease transportation problems in the capital, officials said Sunday.
