Dhaka-Chittagong Highway

AI cameras to be installed on Dhaka-Chittagong highway

The Dhaka-Chittagong highway is set to be dotted with artificial intelligence (AI) based CCTV cameras covering a span of 250 kilometres. The cameras, financed by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) at BDT 152 crore 56 lakhs, are aimed at enhancing the capabilities of the highway police, according to sources associated with the project.

2 killed in Comilla road crash

Two people are killed and 20 others injured in a road crash at Daudkandi upazilla of Comilla.

Ferry delays add to misery

With the Eid-ul-Azha only two days away, holidaymakers leaving Dhaka were delayed in long tailbacks on some major highways.

23-km long tailback on Dhaka-Chittagong highway

A 23-kilometre tailback is created on the Dhaka-Chittagong highway due to heavy rush of vehicles as Eid journey of home-goers begin.

25-km tailback on Dhaka-Ctg highway

Hundreds of passengers are stuck in a 25-kilometre tailback on the Dhaka-Chittagong highway. The tailback that ensued on Wednesday stretched from Meghna-Gumti Bridge toll plaza to Jinglatoli in Daudkandi upazila.

15km tailback on Dhaka-Chittagong highway

Hundreds of passengers have been suffering a lot as a 15-kilometre-long tailback is created on Dhaka-Chittagong highway due to slow movement of vehicles ahead of Eid-ul-Azha in Daudkandi area.

10-km-long tailback on Dhaka-Chittagong highway

A 10-km tailback has been created on Dhaka-Chittagong highway at Fatehpur, causing immense sufferings to the commuters.

Transport workers stage demo on Dhaka-Ctg highway

Transport workers in Chittagong block the Dhaka-Chittagong highway for two hours and attack drivers plying vehicles following the recent suspension on plying of public transports called by the bus owners and workers in different districts.

Transport workers beat up student

During a demo of transport workers, an altercation broke out between them and passengers of a bus at Mouchak area of Siddhirganj in Narayanganj, witnesses say.

July 15, 2015
July 15, 2015

Long tailback on Dhaka-Ctg highway

Traffic on the Dhaka-Chittagong highway suffers a blow after a truck lost one of its tyres in Comilla creating a 22-kilometre long tailback.

July 5, 2015
July 5, 2015

4 killed in Comilla road crash

Four passengers of a bus are killed and 11 injured as the vehicle fell into a roadside ditch after hitting a truck stationed on Dhaka-Chittagong highway in Chauddagram upazila of Comilla.

June 13, 2015
June 13, 2015

2 Ctg students' death in road crash sparks protest

Traffic movement on Dhaka-Chittagong highway remains suspended for two and a half hours as college students block road in port city after truck kills two of their fellows.

April 13, 2015
April 13, 2015

Trucker burnt in Comilla petrol bomb attack

A trucker burnt when miscreants hurl a petrol bomb at his vehicle on Dhaka-Chittagong highway in Daudkandi upazila of Comilla.

April 4, 2015
April 4, 2015

Cop killed in Ctg road crash

A policeman is killed as a truck knocked him down on the Dhaka-Chittagong Highway in Sitakunda upazila of Chittagong

March 28, 2015
March 28, 2015

Garment worker's death in road crash sparks protest in Narayanganj

Garment workers set a bus afire after it ran over one of their colleagues in Sonargaon upazila of Narayanganj this morning. Agitating workers also vandalised at least 10 vehicles, witnesses say.

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