Dhaka-Sylhet highway

Dhaka-Sylhet Highway: Expansion works delay as 22 schools await relocation

At least 22 government primary schools in six districts will be affected due to the expansion of the Dhaka-Sylhet Highway, a project implemented by Roads and Highways Department (RHD).

No respite from habitual delays in public projects

Dhaka-Sylhet expansion work plagued by land acquisition issues

Dhaka-Sylhet-Tamabil Highway: Crucial projects held back by land issues

The expansion work of the Dhaka-Sylhet highway has been severely hampered due to long delays in land acquisition and the moving of utility lines.

2 mega projects set to kick off

Physical works of two mega infrastructure projects involving around Tk 70,000 crore will get underway this week, setting off a flurry of activities for the next several years.

Why is RHD hiring firms with poor records?

Important road development projects should not be in incompetent hands

Dhaka-Sylhet 4-lane highway: Physical work set to begin after 7 years

Physical work to expand the Dhaka-Sylhet Highway is going to start finally, around seven years after a feasibility study was done to take up a project to improve connectivity between the capital and the southeast region, and beyond.

A pandemic of ill-conceived projects

Establish accountability to tackle habitual time-cost overruns in government projects

214km Dhaka-Sylhet Highway: ADB to fund its expansion into four lanes

The impasse over financing of the expansion of 214-kilometre Dhaka-Sylhet Highway into four lanes is likely to end soon, as Asian Develop-ment Bank has given “consent” to fund the project, officials said.

3 killed in Narayanganj road crash

Three persons are killed and eight others are injured in a road accident involving a pick-up van and a human haulier in Rupganj upazila of Narayanganj.

January 23, 2018
January 23, 2018

4 killed in Sylhet road accident

Four people were killed and 10 others injured in a collision between a bus and a truck on the Dhaka-Sylhet highway in Shatmail area in Dakshin Surma upazila of Sylhet yesterday morning at around 7:00am.

October 30, 2017
October 30, 2017

9 killed in Narsingdi road accidents

Nine people are killed and four others injured in separate road accidents in Madhabdi and Shibpur upazilas.

July 14, 2017
July 14, 2017

2 killed in Narsingdi road crash

Two people are killed and five others injured in a road accident on Dhaka-Sylhet highway in Shibpur upazila of Narsingdi.

January 15, 2016
January 15, 2016

3 killed in Habiganj road crash

At least three day labourers are killed and another one critically injured as a goods-laden truck ran over them on Dhaka-Sylhet highway at Nabiganj upazila in Habiganj.

November 3, 2015
November 3, 2015

Industrialist Tajul killed in road crash

Industrialist Kazi Tajul Islam Farooq, 60, is killed when a truck hit him on the Dhaka-Sylhet Highway in Habiganj Sadar upazila.

October 26, 2015
October 26, 2015

Flyover on Dhaka-Sylhet highway soon

The government is to build a four-lane flyover at Bhulta on the Dhaka-Sylhet highway to ease traffic movement at the busy intersection used by vehicles of four different routes.

October 14, 2015
October 14, 2015

4 killed as buses collide in Narsingdi

At least four people were killed and 20 others injured in a head-on collision between two buses on Dhaka-Sylhet highway at Gokulnagar in Raipura upazila of Narsingdi this afternoon.

September 24, 2015
September 24, 2015

Highway to home: A tale of horror (video)

Eid-ul-Azha is on us and people are leaving Dhaka to spend the holiday with friends and families.The journey home is a joyous occasion where everyone hopes to reach their destination without any glitches, however owing to the road condition a journey becomes a roller coaster ride-not of the pleasant kind but the one that churns your insides and makes you sick.

August 29, 2015
August 29, 2015

Bridge repair triggers 30km tailback in Brahmanbaria

A 30-kilometre long tailback was created on both sides of Dhaka-Sylhet highway following suspension of vehicular movement due to repair work of a bridge in Sarail upazila of Brahmanbaria this morning.

August 12, 2015
August 12, 2015

Strike on Dhaka-Sylhet highway called off

The indefinite strike on Dhaka-Sylhet highway will be lifted at 4:00pm today.