Bangladesh Road Transport Authority

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Bangladesh Road Transport Authority
বাংলাদেশ রোড ট্রান্সপোর্ট অথরিটি
Emblem of Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA).svg
Seal of Bangladesh Road Transport Authority
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Agency overview
Formed1987;38 years ago (1987)
Jurisdiction Bangladesh
HeadquartersBRTA Building, Banani, Dhaka
Annual budgetAllocated by Government
Agency executives
Parent agency Flag of Bangladesh.svg Ministry of Road Transport and Bridges
Website brta.gov.bd

Bangladesh Road Transport Authority is a regulatory body for ensuring order in the road transport sector and road safety in Bangladesh.

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History

Bangladesh Road Transport Authority was established under section 2A of the Motor Vehicle Ordinance of 1983 and the subsequent 1987 amendment. It has functioned since January 1988. BRTA is a regulatory body to control, manage and ensure discipline in the road transport sector of Bangladesh, as well as to maintain road safety. It works under the Ministry of Road Transport and Bridges to carry out the purposes set out for it under the Motor Vehicle Ordinance. [1]

The Chairman is the chief executive of BRTA. The chairman is in charge of fulfilling the purposes of BRTA as prescribed by the rules and assigned by the government. [2] The total number of circles under the purview of BRTA is 62 (57 district circles and five metro circles).

The government of Bangladesh has initiated the first-ever specialized road safety project in South Asia. Supported by $358 million in funding from the World Bank, this project aims to prioritize selected cities, high-risk highways, and district roads in order to minimize road accidents. [3]

Activities

Services

List of chairmen

Serial No.NameTerm startTerm endReference
01Nur Mohammad Akon26 January 198831 October 1989 [5]
02Moazzem Hossain Khan12 December 198918 November 1991 [5]
03A. H. M. B. Zaman18 November 199112 March 1995 [5]
04S. K. Chowdhury13 March 199519 April 1995 [5]
05 Md. Ismail Hossain 20 April 199522 April 1996 [5]
06A. N. Hussain25 April 199616 March 1999 [5]
07S. K. Chowdhury25 March 19999 May 1999 [5]
08Md. Humayun Kabir10 May 199918 December 1999 [5]
09Md. Asad-uz-Zaman Bhuiyan28 December 19991 February 2000 [5]
10Md. Azizul Haque Bhuiyan1 February 20003 March 2001 [5]
11Md. Azizul Haque Bhuiyan4 March 200121 November 2001 [5]
12Khawaja Golam Ahmed10 December 20018 May 2002 [5]
13Mohammad Jalal Uddin8 May 200213 September 2003 [5]
14Mahmud Hassan Munsur13 September 200310 June 2004 [5]
15Farooq Ahmed14 June 20042 July 2005 [5]
16M. A. Momen2 July 200514 March 2006 [5]
17Md. Shahidullah14 March 200631 May 2006 [5]
18Md. Abdul Wahab1 June 200628 June 2006 [5]
19Abu Bakr Md. Shahjahan28 June 20064 December 2006 [5]
20Abu Bakr Md. Shahjahan5 December 200610 January 2008 [5]
21 Sunil Kanti Bose 10 January 200817 January 2009 [5]
22Kamrul Hassan21 January 200927 January 2009 [5]
23Kamrul Hassan27 January 200911 June 2009 [5]
24Md. Ehsanul Haque11 June 200917 February 2010 [5]
25A. K. S. Abdus Salam17 February 201018 March 2010 [5]
26Md. Ayubur Rahman Khan18 March 201031 March 2013 [5]
27ALM Abdur Rahman1 April 201321 July 2013 [5]
28 Md. Nazrul Islam 21 July 201328 December 2016 [5]
29 Mohammed Moshiar Rahman 28 December 201623 October 2019 [5]
30Kamrul Ahsan23 October 20194 November 2019 [5]
31Kamrul Ahsan5 November 201925 March 2020 [5]
32Yusuf Ali Molla25 March 202025 June 2020 [5]
33 Nur Mohammad Mazumder 25 June 202027 June 2024 [5]
34 Gautam Chandra Pal 27 June 20241 October 2024 [5]
35Md. Yasin1 October 202421 June 2025 [5]
36 Abu Momtaz Saad Uddin Ahmed 21 June 2025 [5]

See also

References

  1. "Bangladesh Road Transport Authority". Banglapedia. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
  2. "BRTA at a glance". Bangladesh Road Transport Authority. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
  3. "Govt launches first-ever dedicated road safety project in South Asia". www.dhakatribune.com. 14 June 2023. Retrieved 15 June 2023.
  4. "Activities". Bangladesh Road Transport Authority. Retrieved 24 July 2014.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 "বাংলাদেশ সড়ক পরিবহন কর্তৃপক্ষ". brta.gov.bd. Retrieved 15 November 2025.