Bangladesh Hajj Jatri and Haji Kalyan Parishad formed a human chain in front of Motijheel Biman office demanding reduction of excess air fare yesterday.

3 Feb 2020, 12:00 am0

Public transport Fine, jail occupying women’s seat

The government will fine and jail passengers who wrongly occupy seats reserved for women, children, elderly and handicapped people on public transports.The Cabinet approved a draft of the ‘Road Transport Act-2017’ prepared by the Road Transport and Highways Division on Monday. “No passenger can sit in these seats and they cannot be permitted to. Transgressors will be jailed for a month or fined Tk 5,000 or both,” said Cabinet Secretary Shafiul Alam. The draft has a new section with 25...

28 Mar 2017, 12:00 am