A violent clash broke out between two groups of locals on Dhaka-Chattogram highway in Narayanganj yesterday, which resulted in traffic deadlock on the highway for four hours, vehicles and shops being vandalised and at least 20 people, including policemen, injured.

Traffic movement yesterday nearly came to a halt for several hours in many parts of the city as Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) leaders and activists occupied many roads while going to the Dhaka University campus on trucks and in processions, causing untold sufferings to people.

Traffic movement on Dhaka-Rangpur highway remains suspended for one and a half hours as locals put up barricade protesting death of school student in Bogra road crash