Dhaka-Tangail highway

Robbery, rape on bus in Tangail: Mastermind among 10 arrested

Members of Rapid Action Battalion arrested 10 persons including the mastermind in the cases filed over the gang-rape of a woman and looting of valuables of passengers after hijacking a bus on the Dhaka-Tangail highway on August 3, 2022.

Eid rush: 20km tailback near Bangabandhu Bridge on Dhaka-Tangail highway

Increased number of vehicles on the Tangail-Sirajganj route has created long tailbacks  near Bangabandhu Bridge on the Dhaka-Tangail highway.

3 labourers killed in Tangail road accident

Three day labourers were killed in a road accident on the Dhaka-Tangail highway at Mirzapur upazila early today.

Dhaka-Tangail Highway: Eid journey to be longer than usual

Transport workers fear that Eid holidaymakers will suffer delays on the Dhaka-Tangail highway, known as the gateway to northern districts, as the construction of seven out of ten underpasses still remains incomplete.

Trouble in Tongi, beyond

With every Eid comes a concern: How to get home? Almost every time, the holidaymakers go through nightmarish experience on highways, thanks to traffic jams caused by poor road conditions and traffic management.

3 college boys killed as bus rams bike

Three teenagers were killed after a bus rammed into their motorbike on Dhaka-Tangail highway in Gazipur's Konabari area yesterday.

Assaulting Trucker After Failed Extortion / SI suspended as road blocked in protest

A sub-inspector of Bangabandhu Bridge East Police Station in Tangail is suspended after transport workers block the road on the eastern side of the Bangabandhu Bridge for three hours bringing allegation that the SI assaulted a truck driver for extortion.

Three of a family die as truck they were on flips over

Three of an eight-member family, heading home for celebrating Durja Puja, were killed when a goods-laden truck, which they were travelling on, flipped on its side after skidding off the road in Tangail's Mirzapur early yesterday.

Eid Journey Thru' Dhaka-tangail Highway / Home-goers may face tailbacks in Dherua area

Transport workers fear that holidaymakers would face traffic jams during Eid rush in Dherua level crossing area in Mirzapur on Dhaka-Tangail highway. The road is narrow there and traffic is stopped repeatedly due to crossing of trains.

August 27, 2017
August 27, 2017

No traffic jam, vehicles moving slowly on Dhaka-Tangail highway

Passengers have been suffering immensely on Dhaka-Tangail highway as vehicles are moving slowly due to yesterday night’s tailback caused by heavy rains

July 21, 2017
July 21, 2017

Two kms in two hours

It takes vehicles about two hours to cross just a two-kilometre stretch of Dhaka-Tangail highway near Rasulpur and Pungli, said

June 24, 2017
June 24, 2017

3 killed in Gazipur road crash

At least three people are killed and 12 others injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a human-hauler on Dhaka-Tangail highway in Kaliakoir upazila of Gazipur.

June 23, 2017
June 23, 2017

Long tailbacks on highways for Eid rush

Thousands of home-bound holidaymakers, who are leaving Dhaka, face long tailbacks at places on different highways outside the city due to the heavy pressure of vehicles.

June 20, 2017
June 20, 2017

Long tailbacks on Tangail highway

A dilapidated 10-km stretch of Dhaka-Tangail Highway between Chandra and Deohata is subjecting homegoers to

October 13, 2015
October 13, 2015

4 killed as bus hits human hauler in Gazipur

Four people are killed and three injured as a bus hit a human hauler on Dhaka-Tangail highway in Kaliakoir upazila of Gazipur.

October 12, 2015
October 12, 2015

2 RMG workers killed in Savar road crashes

Two garment workers were killed in separate road accidents in Ashulia on the outskirts of Dhaka.

September 24, 2015
September 24, 2015

30km tailback on Dhaka-Tangail highway

Thousands of passengers get stuck on Dhaka-Tangail highway for hours due to a 30-kilometre tailback following a road crash, causing sufferings to the home-bound people today, a day before the Eid-ul-Azha.

September 21, 2015
September 21, 2015

Eid rush, rain cause 20km-tailback on highway

Thousands of passengers face untold sufferings on Dhaka-Tangail highway due to a 20-kilometre tailback caused by incessant rain and heavy pressure of vehicles ahead of Eid-ul-Azha since early morning.

September 20, 2015
September 20, 2015

20-km tailback on Dhaka-Tangail highway cleared

Thousands of passengers suffered immensely on the Dhaka-Tangail highway today as hundreds of vehicles got stuck in a 20-kilometre tailback in Mirzapur upazila of Tangail which cleared at around 10:00am.