Transport boss high on mega projects, low on road repair As the country’s road network teeters on the brink of collapse, the communications minister stays preoccupied with ambitious projects like elevated expressway and Padma bridge. Almost nothing has been done in the last two and a half years to repair the roads and highways. Due ... Read more
country’s highways
Road safety directives fall on deaf ears
The government’s directives to ensure road safety seem to have fallen on deaf ears with traffic on highways becoming more chaotic and travel riskier across the country. No initiatives have apparently been taken so far to carry out the order of the prime minister and the decisions of the cabinet committee on law and order ... Read more
Graft gobbles up funds
Road Maintenance Graft gobbles up funds Misappropriation of funds meant for repair and maintenance of highways is particularly blamed for the sorry state of roads and highways. A section of engineers and contractors of the Roads and Highways Department (RHD) pocket the lion’s share of the money allocated every year for the job, insiders
False cry over fund
The communications ministry has recently claimed that it could not repair roads and highways due to fund crunch, while it failed to spend timely the money allocated for two major donor-funded road development projects. Besides the donors, the government every year allocates the ministry over Tk 600 crore for repair and maintenance of roads and ... Read more
Travel travails
Transport minister blames previous govt for battered road conditions Dilapidated road condition, badly managed intersections, disrespect to traffic rules and overwhelming number of vehicles have not only turned the country’s highways extremely dangerous but also increased travel time between the capital and the rest of the country. Most of the 20,000-kilometre network of major roads ... Read more