traffic congestion
Khilkhet to Kuril, Bashundhara traffic halted for over 24hrs for MRT-1 work
The disruption is due to utility relocation work for the Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) Line-1
17 April 2025, 12:56 PM
Battery-powered rickshaw is the way forward
It is essential to bring the entire rickshaw industry under government administration.
23 October 2024, 04:00 AM
Protests sprout across Dhaka, cause intense traffic congestion
Commuters have been suffering on the roads since morning today due to heavy traffic congestion, mainly caused by protest programmmes held by different groups on Dhaka streets
21 August 2024, 09:12 AM
Dhaka commuters suffer in heavy traffic
DMP asks people to keep time in hand to avoid delays
7 July 2024, 07:00 AM
7km tailback on Tangail side of Bangabandhu Bridge
Tk 3.80cr toll collected from the bridge in 24 hours
15 June 2024, 04:32 AM
Eid rush: People suffer as highways clog up
As thousands of Eid holidaymakers left Dhaka yesterday, many suffered on roads due traffic congestions on three major highways and at an exit point of the capital in the morning.
14 June 2024, 18:00 PM
Eid journey may not be hassle free
Roadside cattle markets and unfinished road expansion work, alongside closing all the garment factories on the same day, are likely to cause suffering to Eid holidaymakers, particularly the north-bound people.
11 June 2024, 18:00 PM
Buses run wild as cops ‘look away’
Stuck at the Mirpur-10 intersection, commuters may wonder why authorities cannot solve the nagging tailback problem despite knowing the solutions.
20 May 2024, 18:00 PM
A road to suffering
Sajjadul Kabir, a private company employee, has to commute to Motijheel’s Shapla Chattar area every day from Old Dhaka’s Dhalkanagar.
8 May 2024, 18:00 PM
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.
2 April 2024, 16:26 PM
What do Dhaka and Bangkok have in common?
Unplanned transport infrastructure.
17 August 2023, 00:00 AM
Surcharge likely on second car
Owners of more than one car are likely to face an environmental protection surcharge from the upcoming fiscal year as the government plans to discourage the use of vehicles in a bid to contain carbon emissions and air pollution.
28 May 2023, 02:00 AM
Mega-projects, mega-corruption, mega-greed
For how long will public money be plundered without any accountability?
14 March 2023, 10:49 AM
Can AI solve the insanity of Dhaka’s traffic?
Before jumping into the realm of artificial intelligence, we should start with some old-fashioned “common sense”
12 January 2023, 18:17 PM
Can the Metro Rail be a Great Equalizer?
A “new” type of urban mobility comes to fruition in the month of the country’s emancipation
30 December 2022, 18:00 PM
Will we get mobile network connectivity inside the metro rail?
There are growing concerns among citizens regarding smooth mobile network coverage inside the trains.
27 December 2022, 13:42 PM
Is the metro rail really opening tomorrow?
The limited launch of the metro tomorrow is unlikely to make any real dent in Dhaka's traffic problem
27 December 2022, 10:58 AM
MRT not enough, Dhaka needs better planning to rescue its traffic
Dhaka needs an integrated traffic management plan, based on advanced technology and a scientific approach.
27 December 2022, 06:40 AM
The art of tolerance in Dhaka
Some say that living in Dhaka is not easy and for those who have lived here for years, nothing is easy. In fact, living in this city makes it easier to tolerate any other inconvenience with a hair-flip. Someone spat inches away from your feet? Tolerate. It landed on you? Wipe and move on. The world might have a fancy word like noise pollution for needlessly honking cars but we know it for what it really is — soothing white noise that one could even fall asleep to. Which happens often, during the long respites the city graciously bestows on us to and from work every day without fail. We lovingly call them traffic jams.
19 October 2022, 10:05 AM
BRT project: DMP urges Dhaka airport-bound passengers to start early
Due to traffic gridlock caused by an ongoing Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project of the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority, police have requested Dhaka airport-bound passengers to leave their homes early so that they can arrive on time.
10 August 2022, 19:28 PM