Tarique Rahman Chairs Meeting on Dhaka Public Transport

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman has joined a meeting focused on public transport management and road safety in Dhaka.

The meeting began on Thursday morning (October 8) at the Cabinet Division of Bangladesh Secretariat, with the prime minister in the chair.

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Sheikh Rabiul Alam, Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives State Minister Mir Shahe Alam, Road Transport and Bridges State Minister Habibur Rashid and Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister A.B.M. Abdus Sattar attended the meeting.

Local Government Division Secretary Md Shahidul Hasan, Dhaka Transport Coordination Authority Executive Director Mohammad Masiur Rahman, Road Transport and Highways Division Secretary Dr Mohammad Ziaul Haque and Dhaka Metropolitan Police Commissioner Mosleh Uddin Ahmed were also present.

The meeting is discussing various aspects of Dhaka’s public transport system, measures to improve road safety and ways to address existing disorder in the city’s public transportation sector.

The participants are also discussing coordination among relevant agencies and steps needed to make Dhaka’s transport system safer and more organised.