Staff Correspondent, bdnews24.com
Published: 01 Apr 2021 03:52 PM BdST
Updated: 01 Apr 2021 04:06 PM BdST
Ridesharing motorcyclists have gathered in front of the National Press Club in a show of protest after police enforced the government’s halt order amid a record surge in coronavirus cases. );
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More than 500 motorcycle riders blocked the road past the National Press Club in Dhaka on Thursday and shouted slogans while blaring horns to protest what they said was ‘harassment’.
Hafizur Rahman, a student of Kabi Nazrul Government College, taking part in the protest, said he bought a motorcycle in installments after losing his job as a kindergarten teacher.
BRTA to issue 4,000 new permits against scrapped auto-rickshaws in Chattogram
UNB
9th February, 2021 01:50:44
Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) has decided to issue permits for as many as 4,000 new CNG-run auto-rickshaws in Chattogram once it completes scrapping an equal number of old three-wheeler public transport vehicles that provide last-mile connectivity in the port city.
BRTA resumed scrapping 15-year-old CNG-run auto-rickshaws in Chattogram on November 16 last year, after a gap of nearly eight months. The drive remained suspended for most of last year in the wake of the Covid-19 outbreak. Till December 31, some 3,619 vehicles were dismantled under the scrapping process, as per figures shared by BRTA.