The traffic jam, which began around midnight, continued to spread and covered at least 20 kilometres on both sides of the bridge by this morning
Traffic congestion had spread to various parts of the city, Mirpur and Uttara experienced comparatively less disruption
Ninety-six-year-old Nurjahan Begum left her home in Old Dhaka’s Mogholtuli for her daughter’s house in Banasree around 2:00pm yesterday.
Traffic was halted on both lanes of the highway
Over the years, the authorities spent over Tk 119 crore on modernising the equipment, but Dhaka traffic is mostly managed manually.
For the roughly 20 million residents, it seems there are almost as many protest rallies as there are people
Due to long tailbacks and gridlock on major intersections, many students and office-goers are facing significant inconvenience
The event drew a significant number of madrasa students from various districts
The workers of Birds Group in Ashulia industrial area blocked the highway since 9:00am yesterday, demanding arrears and reopening of the factory
Traffic congestion inflicted by unplanned urbanisation and expansion reduces the country's overall GDP by 2.9 percent.
Dhaka is now a black hole: a city consuming millions of residents but has no sense of quality life.
Unplanned transport infrastructure.
The more roads you build, the more cars there will be to fill them up. I am no expert, but the numbers don’t lie.
Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader today (July 12, 2022) blamed the traffic gridlock on highways ahead of Eid-ul-Azha on the “flawed management and lack of coordination”, not condition of the roads.
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Dhaka traffic, a never-ending nuisance
The absence of pandemic restrictions are causing more people to leave Dhaka this Eid compared to the last two years.
Vehicular movement on Mirpur Road came to a halt following the renewed clashes between Dhaka College students and traders in New Market area this morning.
Fewer than three percent of registered vehicles in Dhaka city are buses and minibuses, exposing the poor public-transport situation of the capital, where over two crore people live.
