Prime Minister Holds Meeting On Dhaka’s Public Transport Management

A high-level meeting was held to reform the public transport management of Dhaka city, ensure road safety, and resolve the existing chaos in public transport. The meeting began on Thursday, October 8, in the morning under the chairmanship of Prime Councilor Tarique Rahman at the Cabinet Division of the Bangladesh Secretariat.

The meeting was attended by Road Transport and Bridges Minister Sheikh Rabiul Alam, State Minister for Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives Mir Shahe Alam, State Minister for Road Transport and Bridges Habibur Rashid, PM’s Principal Secretary A B M Abdus Sattar, Secretary of the Local Government Division Md. Shahidul Hasan, Executive Director of the Dhaka Transport Coordination Authority Mohammad Mosiur Rahman, Secretary of the Road Transport and Highways Division Dr. Mohammad Ziaul Haq, and Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Mosleh Uddin Ahmed, along with other concerned top officials.

During the meeting, detailed discussions were held on various effective aspects of modernizing Dhaka’s traffic system, bringing discipline to public transport, stopping the prevalence of underage and unlicensed drivers, consolidating road safety, and reducing passenger suffering.