Easy-bike, 3-wheelers to come under purview of registration: Quader
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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.”
Ignoring its own probe committee s recommendation to take punitive measures against 21 officials for purchase anomalies, the railways ministry has promoted one of them and started the process for another.
Of the officials, all but one continue to serve in their positions without facing any departmental action in the last three months since the submission of the probe report.
One official was suspended last year over a separate allegation.
The three-member body, formed by the ministry on August 25 last year, found the officials involved in irregularities in the procurement of Covid-19 protective materials at higher prices, even before the completion of any tender process.
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Metro trial run likely in July
Metro trial run likely in July Staff Correspondent Staff Correspondent
The authorities might start trial runs of the country s first ever metro rail service in July as the first train is expected to arrive in April, officials said.
Although the overall progress of the project was only 56.94 percent as of January, the metro rail authorities said they were working hard to meet their target of launching the service in December this year.
Officials will be able to tell whether that target can be met after examining the trains, said MAN Siddque, managing director of Dhaka Mass Transit Company Ltd (DMTCL).
Prime Ministers Office has given nod to the plan of reconstructing of the Kamalapur Railway Station after demolishing the existing one. Sources from the PMs office confirmed the development on Sunday. The decision was taken at a meeting presided over Prime Minister Sheikh Hasinas