Read the TPFB News Letter

The inaugural quarterly newsletter of the Transport Professionals Foundation Bangladesh (TPFB), published on December 16, 2025, provides a comprehensive look at the country's transport landscape, highlighting major infrastructure paradoxes, safety crises, and strategic solutions. Click here to download the News Paper.

The content covers several core areas:

• The Megaproject Paradox: While Bangladesh is heavily investing in massive infrastructure milestones like the Dhaka Metro Rail, Padma Multipurpose Bridge, and expressways, the country faces a critical shortage of local talent, heavy reliance on foreign consultants, and a weak link between academia and industry.
• Pedestrian Safety & Highway Countermeasures: Highlighting that pedestrians account for nearly half of all road crash fatalities (with 42% occurring while crossing highways), the newsletter outlines critical engineering and behavioral countermeasures—such as raised medians, high-visibility crosswalks, and pedestrian fencing.
• The Easy-Bike and Battery-Rickshaw Crisis: The newsletter addresses the rapid proliferation of over 6 million battery-run three-wheelers and easy-bikes. It explores the severe road safety risks they pose on high-speed highways, ongoing driver protests following high court ban directives in Dhaka, and the urgent need for livelihood rehabilitation and proper regulatory frameworks.
• Urban Transit and Traffic Chaos in Dhaka: Contributors analyze chronic traffic congestion, poor lane discipline, and systemic issues in public bus operations—such as trip-based compensation models that drive dangerous racing for passengers along curbsides. It proposes evidence-based solutions including fixed salaries for drivers, digital fleet monitoring via ITS, and unified route management.
• Youth Engagement & Education ("Shorok Sathi"): The newsletter introduces "Shorok Sathi (Road Companion)," an interactive, youth-led workshop initiative in collaboration with Acumen Haven designed to instill road safety, climate awareness, and civic responsibility among Grade 6–10 students.
• Industry and Organizational Spotlights: It features technical insights, research articles, and profiles from prominent engineering and environmental consultancy firms (such as REDCon, SMEC, Equal Engineers, and O.Creeds) supporting Bangladesh's sustainable infrastructure journey.