Govt urged to cancel transport curbs
Skip to main content
  • Home
  • Economy
    • Aviation
    • Bazaar
    • Budget
    • Industry
    • NBR
    • RMG
    • Corporates
  • Stocks
  • Analysis
  • World+Biz
  • Sports
  • Features
    • Book Review
    • Brands
    • Earth
    • Explorer
    • Fact Check
    • Family
    • Food
    • Game Reviews
    • Good Practices
    • Habitat
    • Humour
    • In Focus
    • Luxury
    • Mode
    • Panorama
    • Pursuit
    • Wealth
    • Wellbeing
    • Wheels
  • Epaper
  • More
    • Subscribe
    • Videos
    • Thoughts
    • Splash
    • Bangladesh
    • Supplement
    • Infograph
    • Archive
    • COVID-19
    • Games
    • Long Read
    • Interviews
    • Offbeat
    • Podcast
    • Quiz
    • Tech
    • Trial By Trivia
    • Magazine
  • বাংলা
The Business Standard

Wednesday
February 08, 2023

Sign In
Subscribe
  • Home
  • Economy
    • Aviation
    • Bazaar
    • Budget
    • Industry
    • NBR
    • RMG
    • Corporates
  • Stocks
  • Analysis
  • World+Biz
  • Sports
  • Features
    • Book Review
    • Brands
    • Earth
    • Explorer
    • Fact Check
    • Family
    • Food
    • Game Reviews
    • Good Practices
    • Habitat
    • Humour
    • In Focus
    • Luxury
    • Mode
    • Panorama
    • Pursuit
    • Wealth
    • Wellbeing
    • Wheels
  • Epaper
  • More
    • Subscribe
    • Videos
    • Thoughts
    • Splash
    • Bangladesh
    • Supplement
    • Infograph
    • Archive
    • COVID-19
    • Games
    • Long Read
    • Interviews
    • Offbeat
    • Podcast
    • Quiz
    • Tech
    • Trial By Trivia
    • Magazine
  • বাংলা
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 08, 2023
Govt urged to cancel transport curbs

Transport

TBS Report
01 April, 2021, 09:10 pm
Last modified: 01 April, 2021, 09:13 pm

Related News

  • Pandemic to paradise: Chinese tourists return to Bali after three years
  • Dialysis patients have a 50% mortality risk from Covid: BSMMU study
  • China says Covid outbreak has infected 80% of population
  • China, Hong Kong resume high-speed rail link after 3 years of Covid curbs
  • China reports 59,938 Covid-related hospital deaths since 8 December

Govt urged to cancel transport curbs

The transport curbs without any discussion with the passengers or stakeholders led to a chaos

TBS Report
01 April, 2021, 09:10 pm
Last modified: 01 April, 2021, 09:13 pm
Govt urged to cancel transport curbs

Passengers' welfare platform Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity has urged the government to row back on the decision to keep half of the public transport seats vacant with 60% fare hikes.  

Without adequate transport arrangements and keeping all offices open, the curbs have prompted immense sufferings of the passengers and chaos over transport fares, the organisation said in a press release on Thursday.

In the wake of resurging Covid-19 cases and deaths, the government on Tuesday increased public transport fares by 60% across the country as they will run with 50% of seating capacity. The decision came into effect on Wednesday.

"The government move was to ensure virus safety rules. But most of the public transports in the country are not following those except overcharging the passengers," said the media release signed by Jatri Kalyan Samity Secretary General Mozammel Hoque Chowdhury.

He said the transport curbs have put the working class, low income people and the jobless in trouble. The organisation also demanded cancelation of the ban on motorcycles operating under ride-sharing services.

Jatri Kalyan Samity sought strengthened monitoring to ensure that drivers, passengers and transport workers wear face masks and comply with the safety rules.

Bangladesh / Top News

transport / Covid

Comments

While most comments will be posted if they are on-topic and not abusive, moderation decisions are subjective. Published comments are readers’ own views and The Business Standard does not endorse any of the readers’ comments.

Top Stories

  • RMG turns to India from China to get cheaper man-made yarn
    RMG turns to India from China to get cheaper man-made yarn
  • Country's revenue earnings were Tk40,000cr more in last fiscal: Finance Minister
    Country's revenue earnings were Tk40,000cr more in last fiscal: Finance Minister
  • The world's richest person is trying to head off a succession battle
    The world's richest person is trying to head off a succession battle

MOST VIEWED

  • Metro rail may reduce the need for people to live near workplaces. Photo: TBS
    Tk2.46cr earned from metro rail since opening
  • Representational Image
    Underground metro to cut airport-Kamalapur travel time to 25 minutes
  • File photo. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is expected to inaugurate work on the Bangabandhu Railway Bridge on 29 November. Photo: UNB
    Bangabandhu Rail Bridge will open earlier than expected: Railways minister
  • Representational image. Photo: Collected
    PM to open underground metro construction on 2 Feb
  • No new roads before national election: Obaidul Quader
    No new roads before national election: Obaidul Quader
  • Photo: TBS
    Transport strike in Sylhet from Monday to demand release of Chhatra Dal leader

Related News

  • Pandemic to paradise: Chinese tourists return to Bali after three years
  • Dialysis patients have a 50% mortality risk from Covid: BSMMU study
  • China says Covid outbreak has infected 80% of population
  • China, Hong Kong resume high-speed rail link after 3 years of Covid curbs
  • China reports 59,938 Covid-related hospital deaths since 8 December

Features

Photo: Reuters

A tragedy that will also shake up the region's geopolitics

7h | Panorama
Nimah designed by Compass Architects- Wooden tiles. Photo: Junaid Hasan Pranto

Trendy flooring designs to upgrade any space

18h | Habitat
Benefits of having high ceilings in your new home

Benefits of having high ceilings in your new home

17h | Habitat
Each Reverse Osmosi plant can produce approximately 8,000 litres of drinking water a day for around 250 families. Photo: Sadiqur Rahman

A drop in the ocean of persistent water crisis

19h | Panorama

More Videos from TBS

30% companies see double-digit growth even in hard times

30% companies see double-digit growth even in hard times

10h | TBS Insight
Challenging time waiting for RMG

Challenging time waiting for RMG

17h | TBS Round Table
"Full Moon Meditation" organized by Department of Theater and Performance Studies, University of Dhaka

"Full Moon Meditation" organized by Department of Theater and Performance Studies, University of Dhaka

17h | TBS Graduates
10 cricketers who have played over 400 T20 matches

10 cricketers who have played over 400 T20 matches

17h | TBS SPORTS

Most Read

1
Photo: Courtesy
Panorama

From 'Made in Bangladesh' to 'Designed in Bangladesh'

2
Leepu realised his love for cars from a young age and for the last 40 years, he has transformed, designed and customised hundreds of cars. Photo: Collected
Panorama

'I am not crazy about cars anymore': Nizamuddin Awlia Leepu

3
Master plan for futuristic Chattogram city in the making
Districts

Master plan for futuristic Chattogram city in the making

4
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) logo is seen outside the headquarters building in Washington, U.S., September 4, 2018. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas/File Photo
Economy

IMF approves $4.7 billion loan for Bangladesh, calls for ambitious reforms

5
Belal Ahmed new acting chairman of SIBL
Banking

Belal Ahmed new acting chairman of SIBL

6
Photo: Collected
Crime

Prime Distribution MD Mamun arrested in fraud case

EMAIL US
[email protected]
FOLLOW US
WHATSAPP
+880 1847416158
The Business Standard
  • About Us
  • Contact us
  • Sitemap
  • Privacy Policy
  • Comment Policy
Copyright © 2023
The Business Standard All rights reserved
Technical Partner: RSI Lab

Contact Us

The Business Standard

Main Office -4/A, Eskaton Garden, Dhaka- 1000

Phone: +8801847 416158 - 59

Send Opinion articles to - [email protected]

For advertisement- [email protected]