traffic congestion
Battery-powered rickshaw is the way forward
It is essential to bring the entire rickshaw industry under government administration.
Protests sprout across Dhaka, cause intense traffic congestion
Commuters have been suffering on the roads since morning today due to heavy traffic congestion, mainly caused by protest programmmes held by different groups on Dhaka streets
Dhaka commuters suffer in heavy traffic
DMP asks people to keep time in hand to avoid delays
7km tailback on Tangail side of Bangabandhu Bridge
Tk 3.80cr toll collected from the bridge in 24 hours
Eid rush: People suffer as highways clog up
As thousands of Eid holidaymakers left Dhaka yesterday, many suffered on roads due traffic congestions on three major highways and at an exit point of the capital in the morning.
Eid journey may not be hassle free
Roadside cattle markets and unfinished road expansion work, alongside closing all the garment factories on the same day, are likely to cause suffering to Eid holidaymakers, particularly the north-bound people.
Gridlock at Mirpur-10 / Buses run wild as cops ‘look away’
Stuck at the Mirpur-10 intersection, commuters may wonder why authorities cannot solve the nagging tailback problem despite knowing the solutions.
A road to suffering
Sajjadul Kabir, a private company employee, has to commute to Motijheel’s Shapla Chattar area every day from Old Dhaka’s Dhalkanagar.
Traffic congestion costs Old Dhaka its title as key trading hub
Traffic congestion inflicted by unplanned urbanisation and expansion reduces the country's overall GDP by 2.9 percent.
Surcharge likely on second car
Owners of more than one car are likely to face an environmental protection surcharge from the upcoming fiscal year as the government plans to discourage the use of vehicles in a bid to contain carbon emissions and air pollution.
Mega-projects, mega-corruption, mega-greed
For how long will public money be plundered without any accountability?
Can AI solve the insanity of Dhaka’s traffic?
Before jumping into the realm of artificial intelligence, we should start with some old-fashioned “common sense”
Can the Metro Rail be a Great Equalizer?
A “new” type of urban mobility comes to fruition in the month of the country’s emancipation
Will we get mobile network connectivity inside the metro rail?
There are growing concerns among citizens regarding smooth mobile network coverage inside the trains.
Is the metro rail really opening tomorrow?
The limited launch of the metro tomorrow is unlikely to make any real dent in Dhaka's traffic problem
MRT not enough, Dhaka needs better planning to rescue its traffic
Dhaka needs an integrated traffic management plan, based on advanced technology and a scientific approach.
The art of tolerance in Dhaka
Some say that living in Dhaka is not easy and for those who have lived here for years, nothing is easy. In fact, living in this city makes it easier to tolerate any other inconvenience with a hair-flip. Someone spat inches away from your feet? Tolerate. It landed on you? Wipe and move on. The world might have a fancy word like noise pollution for needlessly honking cars but we know it for what it really is — soothing white noise that one could even fall asleep to. Which happens often, during the long respites the city graciously bestows on us to and from work every day without fail. We lovingly call them traffic jams.
BRT project: DMP urges Dhaka airport-bound passengers to start early
Due to traffic gridlock caused by an ongoing Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project of the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority, police have requested Dhaka airport-bound passengers to leave their homes early so that they can arrive on time.
Unable to afford public transport: Low-income homegoers travel on trucks
Many low-income homegoers have been traveling on trucks while putting their lives in danger on the Dhaka-Aricha and Nabinagar Chandra highways since this (July 8, 2022) morning.