A parliamentary body today recommended that informal modes of transport such as Nosimon, Korimon and easy-bikes should be brought under registration. The parliamentary standing committee on road transport and bridges ministry came up with the recommendations during a meeting at the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban. Ruling Awami League MP and chief of the parliamentary watchdog Md Akabbar
Toll for Bridges: JS watchdog forms three probe bodies
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The world yesterday began ushering in the New Year, with pandemic controls muting celebrations for billions of people eager to bid farewell to a virus-ridden 2020.
After a grinding year that has seen at least 1.8 million people die from Covid-19, fresh waves of infection have sparked renewed lockdowns and forced would-be revellers to extend their 2020 tradition of watching events from the sofa.
The eagerly awaited first seconds of 2021 fell on the Pacific nations of Kiribati and Samoa from 1000 GMT, with the uninhabited Howland and Baker Islands the last to tip over into the New Year, 26 hours later.
JS body forms 3 sub-committees to probe various irregularities in roads and highways sector Star Online Report Star Online Report
A parliamentary body today formed three separate sub-committees to investigate three different issues including finding out irregularities and corruption in realising toll from all bridges across the country including Dhaleswari River.
The parliamentary standing committee on Road Transport and Bridges Ministry and came up with the decision at its meeting at the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban.
The parliamentary watchdog made Enamul Haque, a ruling Awami League MP from Rajshahi-4, the convener of two-member sub-committee to investigate irregularities in getting toll from all bridges in the country.