On the second day, the capital witnessed traffic jams in several areas due to the rallies and counter-rallies of the BNP and Awami League. This further worsened the plight of commuters today

Commuters travelling on the Dhaka-Chattogram highway today are having to wait it out for hours due to a 10-kilometre tailback from Signboard to Langolbondo area on the highway in Narayanganj..Apart from this, there is another 10-kilometre long tailback stretching from Kanchpur to Daudkandi

Dhaka dwellers and commuters suffered immensely yesterday as traffic came to a standstill on the Airport Road. Thousands were stuck for hours on end and many missed appointments, meetings and even flights.

Awami League's rally in Savar has resulted in a two-kilometre tailback on the Dhaka-Aricha highway around Radio Colony area.

The notoriety of Dhaka’s traffic is now daily news. Civil society members have been venting frustration about this maddening crisis.

A walkable city prioritises pedestrians over motorised vehicles in urban planning.

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.

A Supreme Court lawyer files a writ petition with the High Court seeking its directive on the government to form a special task-force to curb severe traffic jam in Dhaka.

The garment workers free Saat Rasta intersection (Shaheed Tajuddin Ahmad Sarani) in Dhaka’s Tejgaon area one and a half hours after they blocked the road demanding a hike in their wages.

Road Transport and Bridges Minister and general secretary of ruling Awami League, Obaidul Quader says driving on the wrong side of the roads is a disease, which most of the time done by influential people that creates the traffic congestion.

Traffic congestion in Dhaka eats up around 5 million working hours every day and the average speed of vehicles during rush hours has come down to 5kmph, according to the Accident Research Institute of Buet.

Moderate rain once again inundates many parts of the major roads in Dhaka causing severe traffic congestion.

Commuters suffered long delays as moderate rain caused gridlock on city roads yesterday. The traffic situation worsened as a large number of Eid shoppers poured into malls at the weekend.

Dhaka dwellers were stuck on city streets for hours on end in the scorching heat yesterday, mainly because of a Dhaka North City Corporation event and a procession of the education ministry. Standstill traffic were everywhere in the capital.