Kabir Humayun: A parliamentary committee yesterday placed its report before the parliament on the much-talked about proposed Road Transport Act, 2018.
Ekabbor Hossain, chief of the parliamentary body, placed the report before the Jatiya Sangsad without any major changes in the bill, reports The Daily Star.
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Road, Transport and Bridges also ignored criticisms against the proposed legislature. In the report, the committee recommended to include a government-nominated noted person in the Trustee Board to manage the fund for the injured or family members of those killed in road accidents under Section 54.
Sources at the Parliament Secretariat told The Daily Star that the proposed law is likely to be passed in the current session of the parliament.
In March last year, the cabinet approved in principle the proposed legislation but it remained shelved at the law ministry for more than a year for vetting amid opposition by transport owners and workers to some of the provisions.
Later, the government decided to place the draft act before the cabinet following the student agitation for road safety which came on the heels of the death of two college students in Dhaka on July 29.
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