Dhaka traffic
Trapped in Dhaka’s traffic: How to overcome this crisis?
Traffic congestion is more than an inconvenience—it is a crisis that demands urgent action.
Regulating Dhaka traffic: Are ‘gate lock’ and speed caps all that it takes?
Unless things change on the street level, no rules or infrastructure can efficiently resolve Dhaka's traffic gridlock.
Dhaka traffic still light as offices, banks, courts reopen
After five days of Eid and Pahela Baishakh vacation, offices, courts, banks, and stock markets opened today
Meet the software that wants to fix Dhaka traffic
Sigmind.ai, a Bangladesh-based AI company, has recently launched TrafficFlow, a software solution for real-time traffic management in urban environments. According to the startup, this AI-based software aims to address the bustling traffic challenges of Dhaka city.
MRT-1 construction / Airport Road may face traffic jams from tomorrow
DMTCL requested commuters to plan their journey accordingly
Will road safety remain a mirage?
We have yet to see the full implementation of the Road Transport Act, 2018, even though five years have passed since its passage in parliament
VIP movements are Dhaka’s undiagnosed illness
If the capital's traffic condition makes you angry, you're normal
Why exactly is Dhaka the slowest city in the world?
It is not enough to plan and build expensive flyovers, expressways, metro rail or BRT.
The expressway’s hope of reducing traffic is not lost yet
While roads are being constructed on top of each other, no new streets are being created.
Extortion: Elephant halts traffic on busy Airport Road
Once upon a time city people have to go to the zoo or out into the jungle to see elephants. But now, people can find elephants, most of them in a sorry state, on many city streets as they are used for collecting money from the commuters. Take for example, people commuting through the Airport Road are seen panicking, when their vehicles were barred by an elephant, creating havoc on the road near Kuril flyover in Dhaka.
Action for taking bus wrong side: DU proctor
Dhaka University authorities will take steps against those responsible for taking its bus on the wrong side defying warning. DU Proctor Prof Amzad Ali warns of action hours into the university’s Mirpur-bound double-decker bus Chaitali takes the wrong side in Shahbagh area.
‘2 and a half hours and still on the road’
If you are planning to go out today, a good advice would be stay indoors. Or face the consequence of being stuck in traffic for hours together.
Going Home on EID Highway Traffic Updates
Latest Traffic updates of going home on Eid
6 tips to save your soul if you choose to walk home
Tired of the traffic jam? So you have taken up walking instead of waiting for hours on end on sardine-packed roads? Good idea. But before you start walking to your destinations, here are 6 important tips that may even save your life.
Opinion: arresting for traffic rules violation is a crazy idea
In a country where corrupt practices dominate traffic rules and laws, the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) has prepared a draft law under which police would not require any warrant to arrest anyone for violation of traffic rules. Police lodge around 70,000 cases a month and there is a huge backlog of cases. Will this new law, if passed, help the situation?
Law on cards to limit number of family cars
The government will set the limit of private cars for a family aimed at mitigating the city’s horrific traffic congestion, Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader tells the parliament.
Gross violation of traffic rules
Just days after two schoolgirls were killed within hours in road crashes at the Shahbagh and Matsya Bhaban intersection, reckless driving of buses continues unabated.
WATCH: Does a cop have enough power to control Dhaka streets?
Does a policeman enjoy enough power to control traffic system in Dhaka?