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Roads and Highways Department (RHD)

Roads and Highways Department (RHD)

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60 modern life-support ambulances to be introduced on highways soon: RHD

Chief Engineer of the Roads and Highways Department Md Moniruzzaman said the department aims to operate the ambulance service across the country by gradually bringing important corridors of the...

Road, Bridges, Railways and Shipping Minister Shaikh Rabiul Alam inaugurates the Bogura Road Zone at Char Matha in Bogura on 8 August 2026, alongside Local Government, Rural Development and Cooperatives State Minister Mir Shahe Alam, Bogura-6 MP Rezaul Karim Badsha, BNP Acting General Secretary Mosharraf Hossain and RHD officials. Photo: TBS

Bogura gets own RHD zone, ending Rangpur detour for five districts

A long tailback on a highway in Chattogram. Photo: Mohammad Minhaj Uddin/TBS

Tk378cr needed to repair 213km of flood-damaged roads in five Ctg districts: RHD

Unknown individuals fell trees on the median of the Dhaka-Chattogram highway in Cumilla's Chauddagram early Monday night, 22 June 2026. Photo: TBS

Trees felled on Dhaka-Ctg highway median to make billboard visible, case filed

workers widening the Baraiyerhat–Heanko–Ramgarh road

Roads and Highways dept fined Tk1.32cr for illegal hill cutting in Ctg

Environmental activist Gautam Kumar Roy alleged the auction was not genuinely open and that the price set was suspiciously low. Photo: UNB

RHD and PWD in dispute over sale of 70 govt trees in Kushtia

Bangladesh risks losing billions as World Bank-funded projects stall

The Jashore Khulna highway remains muddy for days after the rains end. Photo: TBS

Highways crumbling amid repair delays and contractor blacklisting

A segment of the Jashore-Khulna Highway reveals its perilous state, worsened by recent rains. The road is now riddled with numerous potholes, creating significant hazards for both heavy vehicles and daily commuters. Photo: TBS

Mud, potholes turn Jashore-Khulna highway into a traffic nightmare, businesses suffer

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Costly delays and doubts: Dhaka's BRT project spirals further with 55% cost jump

Locals and passengers plant paddy seedlings in rain-filled potholes on the Faridpur-Bhanga highway on Friday. Photo: TBS

Locals protest by planting paddy seedlings in potholes on Faridpur-Bhanga highway

Muhammad Fouzul Kabir Khan, adviser to the Ministry of Road Transport and Bridges, talking to reporters after a meeting on road safety with various government departments at the BRTA head office in Dhaka on 11 January 2025. Photo: Focus Bangla

RHD, BRTA will be held accountable for road accidents: Adviser Fouzul

Vehicles navigate through a pothole-riddled section of the Khulna-Satkhira highway, a 33-kilometre stretch now in a deteriorated state. Constructed over four years ago with a budget of Tk160 crore, the road has become uneven and difficult for travel. This photo was taken recently. Photo: TBS

Highways give way under floods and repair delays