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.
Traffic jam chokes Dhaka
Commuters today suffered in the sweltering heat on the city roads as most of them had to spend at least thirty minutes to an hour more than the usual time to reach their destinations due to an unusual traffic jam.
No respite for Gulshan until 2017
If you visit Dhaka’s Gulshan, Banani and Baridhara areas nowadays, you will have to brace yourself for never-ending traffic, dust and mud. And there is always a risk that you may even fall into a ditch. The posh areas are now undergoing a development work including widespread road digging, which has led to this miserable situation.
DMP bans stickers of various professions on vehicles
Dhaka Metropolitan Police will not allow use of stickers on vehicles identifying various professions like journalists, police and lawyers.
Not autorickshaw, public bus suggested for Dhaka roads
Instead of introducing more buses, the government is moving to allow 5,000 more CNG-run auto-rickshaws on Dhaka streets, which has the potential to worsen the perennial congestion.
Programme, demo cripple Dhaka
Inaugural of the Mouchak-Moghbazar flyover and a road blockade enforced by nursing students at Shahbagh have led to traffic sufferings for the Dhaka dwellers.
10km tailback on Dhaka-Ctg highway
A head-on collision between a truck and a covered van in Comilla has triggered a 10 kilometre long tailback on the Dhaka-Chittagong highway.
Facebook wildlife trade prompts fears among environmentalists
Wildlife monitoring network Traffic finds hundreds of protected animals for sale on Facebook groups in Malaysia, including sun bears, gibbons, and binturongs, also known as bearcats.
Mirpur Road blocked over death of student
Students of a private university block Dhaka’s key thoroughfare Mirpur Road in protest against death of a student in road crash.
World's most polluted city, Delhi, plans new limits on car use
The Delhi government plans another round of tough measures to restrict the use of private cars and clean up toxic air in the Indian metropolis, the world's most polluted city.
15km tailback on Dhaka-Ctg highway
A 15 kilometre tailback has ensued on the Dhaka-Chittagong highway after a truck broke down on the Meghna bridge in Munshiganj.