Dhaka-Tangail highway

Robbery, rape on bus in Tangail: Mastermind among 10 arrested

Members of Rapid Action Battalion arrested 10 persons including the mastermind in the cases filed over the gang-rape of a woman and looting of valuables of passengers after hijacking a bus on the Dhaka-Tangail highway on August 3, 2022.

Eid rush: 20km tailback near Bangabandhu Bridge on Dhaka-Tangail highway

Increased number of vehicles on the Tangail-Sirajganj route has created long tailbacks  near Bangabandhu Bridge on the Dhaka-Tangail highway.

3 labourers killed in Tangail road accident

Three day labourers were killed in a road accident on the Dhaka-Tangail highway at Mirzapur upazila early today.

Dhaka-Tangail Highway: Eid journey to be longer than usual

Transport workers fear that Eid holidaymakers will suffer delays on the Dhaka-Tangail highway, known as the gateway to northern districts, as the construction of seven out of ten underpasses still remains incomplete.

Trouble in Tongi, beyond

With every Eid comes a concern: How to get home? Almost every time, the holidaymakers go through nightmarish experience on highways, thanks to traffic jams caused by poor road conditions and traffic management.

3 college boys killed as bus rams bike

Three teenagers were killed after a bus rammed into their motorbike on Dhaka-Tangail highway in Gazipur's Konabari area yesterday.

Assaulting Trucker After Failed Extortion / SI suspended as road blocked in protest

A sub-inspector of Bangabandhu Bridge East Police Station in Tangail is suspended after transport workers block the road on the eastern side of the Bangabandhu Bridge for three hours bringing allegation that the SI assaulted a truck driver for extortion.

Three of a family die as truck they were on flips over

Three of an eight-member family, heading home for celebrating Durja Puja, were killed when a goods-laden truck, which they were travelling on, flipped on its side after skidding off the road in Tangail's Mirzapur early yesterday.

Eid Journey Thru' Dhaka-tangail Highway / Home-goers may face tailbacks in Dherua area

Transport workers fear that holidaymakers would face traffic jams during Eid rush in Dherua level crossing area in Mirzapur on Dhaka-Tangail highway. The road is narrow there and traffic is stopped repeatedly due to crossing of trains.

September 19, 2015
September 19, 2015

Passengers stranded in tailbacks on highway

Thousands of passengers remain stuck on Dhaka-Tangail highway for hours due to a 20-kilometre tailback.

August 22, 2015
August 22, 2015

Jubo League men block Dhaka-Tangail highway

Jubo League leaders and activists block the Dhaka-Tangail highway protesting the killing of one of its former leader.

July 25, 2015
July 25, 2015

Long tailback on Dhaka-Tangail highway

A 65km long tailback ensues on the Dhaka-Tangail highway as holidaymakers make return journey after Eid.

July 3, 2015
July 3, 2015

4 killed in Tangail road crash

At least four people killed and one other injured as a bus ram into a battery-run easy bike in Tangail Sadar upazila on Dhaka-Tangail highway.

April 12, 2015
April 12, 2015

5 killed in Tangail road crash

Five people are killed and eight injured, three of them critically, when a bus hit a stationed truck on Dhaka-Tangail highway in Mirzapur upazila of Tangail.

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