commuting cost

A file photo of metro rail in Dhaka. Photo: Rajib Dhar
Thoughts

Impact of the Metro Rail Project on the economic growth of Bangladesh

The Metro Rail project is going to offer indirect benefits to the country with significantly lower risks and is likely to push the outputs of the manufacturing sectors up. This will increase these...

The operation of buses will resume on Monday with a proposal from the fare committee of the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) to increase the fares of all buses, including, inter-district bus services, by 80% in a bid to contain the Covid-19 outbreak in the country. Photo: Saikat Bhadra/TBS
Transport

Pay cut, yet commuting cost almost doubles