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.
A 14-year-old’s experience of controlling traffic on the streets of Dhaka
From being a part of the traffic to becoming a traffic controller, I realised how hard a job it was for the traffic police.
Opinion / The morale issues of Bangladesh Police
There is no denying that for a long time, the police have been used as a tool of repression in the subcontinent
Prosenjit to grace Bollywood film after long hiatus
Last Sunday morning Prosenjit Chatterjee was seen in Mumbai, pictured alongside Yash Dasgupta and Nusrat Jahan. Several videos featuring the actor circulated on social media, which begged the big question of whether Prosenjit attended Anant Ambani and Radhika Merchant's wedding ceremony.
Kafkaesque realities of traffic rule enforcement
The problem lies in the lack of clarity regarding the type of speed cameras installed and their operational status.
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.
With Ramadan returning, should classes be online?
When we speak of learning being efficient, it is important to remember that the traffic in Dhaka city really works against everyone.
London cabs, jams and kinship
London, once the centre of the empire where the sun never set, dates back to prehistory with evidence of structures from Mesolithic times.
FICTION / The story of an ancient silence
The pleasing melancholia of Friday morning hovers through the window as a heavy gloom and sways within the fake plastic daisies lying on Marium’s table while the smell of burning spices filled her entire house. Marium’s mother couldn’t care less about the condition of the kitchen now. Her husband has just collapsed to the floor.
Punctuality is an unfair demand in Dhaka city
With Dhaka's traffic, is it still fair to expect people to be on time?
Does Dhaka need underground metro or subway?
The government has been working on building 258km of underground rail to ease up the traffic of Dhaka city. This plan consists of 11 different subway routes in Dhaka by 2050. Urban planners have called the project "costly" and "ambitious." They are saying that the project will not bring any positive change in the traffic congestion of the capital.
Commuters suffer for lack of transport on Savar highways
The number of homebound people on Dhaka-Aricha and Nabinagar-Chandra highways in Savar increased this noon. However, the number of vehicles did not.
Traffic projection for Dhaka during Ramadan
After the government decided to reopen all educational institutions, Dhaka traffic has regained its former glory. The shift from online to in-person classes and work has highlighted Dhaka’s inability to handle all of the traffic, and massive infrastructure development projects are not helping either.
Traffic woes continue to hamper people’s lives and limit the potential for growth
A few days ago I travelled to Kushtia, a city situated in the southwest of Bangladesh from my hometown, Mymensingh. As our car was about to enter the city, we were faced with a huge tailback of trucks, cars, buses, and vans carrying passengers and goods.
Living Life on Two Wheels
From speeding downhill to strolling solo, from racing in alleys to wandering in faraway wherever, the joys of cycling barely begin here.
Traffic chaos as hawkers, workers block roads
The beginning of Ramadan is when city dwellers enjoy less chaotic traffic on streets but yesterday, the first day of the holy month, people endured standstill traffic for hours in downtown Dhaka as agitating hawkers blocked several roads in Gulistan.
Traffic's trial with remotes
City authorities have tried out a host of “solutions” to control chaotic traffic over the decades. The result? All the money went down the drain and the situation turned from bad to worse.
People bear the brunt of traffic chaos
City residents suffered dreadful traffic snarl-ups yesterday afternoon as Nagorik Committee organised a huge rally at the Suhrawardy Udyan.
Jam? What jam?
Surprise, surprise! Why are these headlines – Traffic goes haywire, City chokes on jam and so on -- hogging the newspaper pages? So what if the cars stop dead on the streets? Well, I did not feel anything and I crisscrossed this small city and reached all the spots on time yesterday! What was wrong with all these people!