traffic

#Perspective / Monorail in Chattogram: Will it ease traffic or add to the chaos?

Chattogram’s first monorail aims to ease traffic with faster, cheaper transit, but scepticism remains due to past delays and unfinished projects. If successful, it could boost urban life, business, and tourism, though locals debate its immediate necessity.

#Perspective / Convenience or more chaos? Public sentiments on Dhaka’s 2,610 pink buses

The new pink bus service in Dhaka aims to bring order to chaotic roads with ticketing and designated stops. While some commuters are hopeful, others remain sceptical, fearing it won’t solve traffic issues or curb chaotic behaviour.

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.

July 16, 2015
July 16, 2015

Traffic police mercilessly beat youth (video)

Three policemen mercilessly beat a youth over a trivial issue in Dhaka.

July 15, 2015
July 15, 2015

Long tailback on Dhaka-Ctg highway

Traffic on the Dhaka-Chittagong highway suffers a blow after a truck lost one of its tyres in Comilla creating a 22-kilometre long tailback.

June 23, 2015
June 23, 2015

Govt steps in to ease Eid traffic

Road transport and bridges ministry asks the authorities concerned not to ply any truck, lorry and covered-van on the highways for three days before and after the Eid-ul-Fitr.

June 11, 2015
June 11, 2015

City dwellers gasp in gridlock

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.

May 31, 2015
May 31, 2015

Panthapath out of danger, opens to traffic

Traffic on Panthapath’s southern lane resumes cleared off for danger four days after it was sealed following the collapse of National Bank’s under-construction site.

May 3, 2015
May 3, 2015

Agitation for national celebration of Nazrul’s birthday

Aggrieved locals block the busy Dhaka-Mymensingh road for nearly an hour demanding national celebration of National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam’s birth anniversary.

April 2, 2015
April 2, 2015

Traffic constable ‘beaten up’ by auto-rickshaw drivers

A group of auto-rickshaw drivers beat up a traffic police constable allegedly for seizing a battery-run auto-rickshaw at Meradia of Khilgaon in Dhaka

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