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Elenga to Bangabandhu Bridge / Holidaymakers suffer due to traffic chaos; hundreds of vehicles stuck in tailback
A long tailback on the Dhaka-Tangail-Bangabandhu Bridge Highway, specially from Elenga to Bangabandhu Bridge, has caused immense suffering to thousands of homebound people ahead of the Eid-ul-Fitr
Eid journey: Snarl-ups mostly at Dhaka exits
Rifat Jahan was worried about her Eid journey home with her son and niece as her husband could not accompany them on the trip to Jamalpur’s Sarishabari upazila.
Eid journey: Tailbacks return
Sources said pressure on the public transportation system -- buses, trains and launches -- rose manifold from the evening due to a sudden rise of passengers
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.
Do we have a vision for Dhaka?
Dhaka is now a black hole: a city consuming millions of residents but has no sense of quality life.
What do Dhaka and Bangkok have in common?
Unplanned transport infrastructure.
More roads are not the answer to Bangladesh’s traffic problem
The more roads you build, the more cars there will be to fill them up. I am no expert, but the numbers don’t lie.
“Flawed management caused traffic jam during Eid, not roads”
Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader today (July 12, 2022) blamed the traffic gridlock on highways ahead of Eid-ul-Azha on the “flawed management and lack of coordination”, not condition of the roads.
Dhaka-Mawa-Bhanga Expressway: Traffic condition improves as 3 more toll booths opened
The 55km-long Dhaka-Mawa-Bhanga Expressway today (July 1, 2022) witnessed slowdown of traffic on the first day of toll collection as all the booths of the toll plaza could not be opened. , traffic jam, traffic congestion, tailback, , toll plaza, Korean Expressway Corporation, Bogail toll plaza, slowdown of traffic
Traffic terrible
Sonia Ahmed had had enough of city traffic yesterday after remaining stuck in a huge tailback near New Market for about one and a half hours.
Law on cards to limit number of family cars
The government will set the limit of private cars for a family aimed at mitigating the city’s horrific traffic congestion, Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader tells the parliament.
People suffer for hours
Thousands of commuters suffered long delays yesterday as they had to endure gridlocks on different city roads due to a grand rally of the ruling Awami League at the Suhrawardy Udyan.
Traffic agony in Dhaka
Riddled with traffic congestion since morning, the agonising road situation in Dhaka is likely to pursue throughout the day, authorities fear.
HC seeks illegal structures’ list in Dhaka car parking areas
The High Court directs Rajuk chairman to submit before it in two months a list of unauthorised structures built at car parking areas beside roads in Dhaka.
WATCH: Does a cop have enough power to control Dhaka streets?
Does a policeman enjoy enough power to control traffic system in Dhaka?
Now, app to show travel time within Dhaka
UNDP in collaboration with BRTC launches a pilot project which will allow your smartphone mobile app to tell you how long it will take to travel to your destination using GPS.
Bikers rule footpaths, pedestrians roads (video)
If you are told: Name a city where you can drive or walk as you like, the first answer would be Dhaka! Because people find their own ways to go around the city. Traffic signals change colors—from green to red to green again--but the drivers need not pay any attention to them. But even worst menaces are motorcycles zooming by on the footpaths or people darting through the speeding cars to cross the roads among the already chaotic traffic.
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.
Vehicles in long queue at Paturia
Thousands of Eid holidaymakers suffer immensely due to a three-kilometre tailback at Paturia ferry terminal a day before the Eid-ul-Azha.
