Public Transports
The fare of public transports will not be hiked this time despite public transports set to carry 50 percent passengers of their capacity from tomorrow.
Dhaka Nagar Paribahan bus service, from Ghatarchar to Kanchpur under one authority, started its pilot operation on Sunday in the capital with an effort to restore discipline in the public transport on the city streets.
Students from various schools and colleges on Wednesday blocked Rampura Bridge again in protest of the death of SSC candidate Mainuddin Islam Durjoy in a road accident.
In the face of the student movement for the last few days, the owners of the public transport have decided to take half fare from students in Dhaka from Wednesday.
The bus strike, which started on Friday demanding the rise of bus fare, has been lifted on Sunday evening.
The meeting between the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) and the representatives of transport owners to re-fix public transport fares has begun at BRTA headquarters in Dhaka on Sunday morning.
Owners and workers of public and goods transports have called for a nationwide strike starting from Friday morning in protest against the latest price hike of diesel and kerosene oil.
Public transport will be suspended from Monday following the government instruction to impose a 7-day nationwide lockdown.
Many agitated passengers mostly office goers on Thursday have blocked Airport road in the Khilkhet area protesting the government decision of carrying 50 percent of passengers in public transports and hike of bus fare.
City dwellers, mostly the office goers have to face enormous suffering from Wednesday morning as public transports are not carrying more than 50 percent of passengers in Dhaka following the government instruction.
