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
What began as the construction of a one-of-a-kind elevated expressway in Dhaka two years ago, the Moghbazar flyover has suffered periods of lags in the making. The traffic situation along the construction site that has turned worse is unlikely to get better until the completion of the structure – not before 2017.
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home today formed a three-member sub-committee to find ways to reduce Dhaka’s traffic agony.
Traffic gridlock on airport road in Uttara area became acute due to heavy rain and pressure of the Dhaka-bound vehicles from different adjoining districts.
Thousands of home-goers go through an indescribable suffering as their vehicles get stranded in a huge tailback on the Dhaka-Tangail highway.
Two major aspects of Ramadan are self control and charity. Ramadan also means an increased traffic on the roads. And with everyone rushing to finish shopping before Eid comes knocking at our doors, traffic jams waste away our entire day and all our plans. Here’s how The Daily Star Online thinks you can make the best out the Ramadan traffic jam and shopping:
Traffic movement on Dhaka-Chittagong highway remains suspended for two and a half hours as college students block road in port city after truck kills two of their fellows.
In addition to water-logging on some key city roads, vehicles passing through Gulshan-1, Gulshan-2, Rampura, Badda and Baridhara remained stuck for hours as police cleared route for passage of the prime minister.
A huge traffic congestion takes place as transport workers block Dhaka-Mymensingh highway in Banani of Dhaka.
A new traffic signal in Dhaka proves to be a disaster as the capital experiences a total breakdown of traffic control this week.
It is the last day of the weekend. But city dwellers have been experiencing bumper-to-bumper traffic on Kazi Nazrul Islam Avenue in Dhaka since morning just like the week days.
