Dhaka Transport Coordination Authority Dhaka Transport Coordination Authority Dhaka Transport Coordination Authority is the main government agency responsible for public transport in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, and transport in most of Dhaka division. It is the government agency responsible for moderating and mediating negotiations between transport labor unions and transport owners. Under the Revised Strategic Transport Plan any changes to transport infrastructure will need approval from the Dhaka Transport Coordination Authority. It is also responsible for mass transport projects in Dhaka. Dhaka Transport Coordination Authority was established on 02 September 2012. It traces its origins to Dhaka Transport Coordination Board which was established
History of Dhaka in 1912 under the substantial grants and patronage from Dhaka Nawab Family. Following the Partition of India in August 1947, Dhaka became the capital of East Bengal under the Dominion of Pakistan. The city witnessed serious communal violence that left thousands of people dead. A large proportion of the city's Hindu population departed for India, while the city received hundreds of thousands of Muslim immigrants from the Indian states of West Bengal, Assam and Bihar. Population increased from 335,925 in 1951 to 556,712 in 1961 registering an increase of 65.7 percent. As the centre of regional politics, Dhaka saw an