ডিএনসিসির মশা নিধন অভিযানে ৯১ হাজার টাকা জরিমানা | 621731| bd-pratidin.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from bd-pratidin.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Pandemic wreaks havoc on car sales
Additional road tax also to blame
Passenger vehicle sales fell by around 26 per cent in 2020 compared to the previous year due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and imposition of additional road tax.
Passenger car sales were at its lowest in the past seven years as a total of 12,403 units were sold in 2020 while it was 14,681 units in 2014.
Sales started rising in 2014 and continued to increase until 2019, according to data from the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA).
However, the Covid-19 fallout and imposition of additional road tax negatively affected the industry, market players said. The government decided to increase advanced income tax, commonly known as road tax, by 67 per cent for the current fiscal year.
Each depot of Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC) has to maintain a "history book" for each vehicle and update those regularly from now on all with the aim to ensure proper maintenance of the state-run corporation's properties. The decision comes following the issuing of a new set of directives by the newly appointed BRTC chairperson to make the service more
Three-wheelers to come under registration-536646 daily-sun.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from daily-sun.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Easy-bike, 3-wheelers to come under purview of registration: Quader
337
File photo
DHAKA, Feb 18, 2021 (BSS) – Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader today said the government will bring easy-bike and other three-wheelers and auto-rickshaws under the purview of registration in an effort to ensure road safety and check road accidents throughout the country.
The minister said this while addressing as chair the 28th meeting of the national road safety council at Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) head office joining through a video conference from his official residence here.
Quader, also general secretary of the ruling Awami League, said, “To this end, a sub-committee has been formed to find out a strategy after reviewing the recommendations submitted earlier by a Road Transport Division committee.”