Due to long tailbacks and gridlock on major intersections, many students and office-goers are facing significant inconvenience

Unless things change on the street level, no rules or infrastructure can efficiently resolve Dhaka's traffic gridlock.

Ishtiaq Hossain, a private firm employee, left his home in Khilgaon at 9am for his office in Farmgate. The commute usually takes him 45 minutes, but it took him nearly two and a half hours today.