Dhaka-Aricha Highway

Photo: Noman Mahmud/TBS
Bangladesh

Protesters block Dhaka-Aricha Highway in Savar demanding AL ban

The blockade was lifted at around 11:20pm after members of armed forces arrived at the spot and issued an ultimatum to the protesters to leave the area

Police detained three youth on suspicion of mugging from a moving bus in Savar on 17 April 2025. Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

Police detain 3 with knife during raid on moving bus in Savar

The protest began around 8:30pm when workers from the factory, located in Karnapara, took to the highway after repeated delays in payment. Photo: TBS
RMG

Garment workers lift blockade on Dhaka-Aricha highway after 2hr protest over unpaid wages

Students of Jahangirnagar University block Dhaka-Aricha Highway on 24 February 2025. Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

JU students block Dhaka-Aricha Highway demanding home adviser's resignation

5,000 students of BPATC School and College blocked Dhaka-Aricha highway around 11am demanding exemplary punishment. Photo: UNB
Bangladesh

Public admin training official’s death in road crash sparks protest in Savar

Students of CPR Nursing College are demonstrating by blocking both sides of the Dhaka-Aricha Highway in Savar, on the outskirts of capital Dhaka on 23 December. Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

CRP nursing student blockade on Dhaka-Aricha highway lifted after over 3 hours

The protesters blocked the highway in the Shimulatala area for one hour from 12pm to 1pm today. Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

Students stage demo on Dhaka-Aricha highway in Savar protesting classmate's death in road crash

The protest began at 12:50pm with a procession from the university's Mohua Chattar and culminated in the blockade at 1pm. The demonstrators held a brief rally before leaving the highway at 1:20pm. Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

JU students block Dhaka-Aricha highway, demand ban on Awami League, BCL

Workers demonstrated in front of the Akij Food and Beverage factory at Dhamrai this morning (7 October) over a nine-point charter of demands. Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

Akij Food workers protest in Dhamrai over wage hike, 8 other demands

The protesters, under the banner “Council for ensuring justice of July mass killings”, gathered in front of the Shaheed Minar and marched along the highway on 23 Sep. Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

July massacre: JU students block Dhaka-Aricha highway demanding arrest, trial of those responsible

Students from Jahangirnagar University (JU) block the Dhaka-Aricha highway on Wednesday, 3 July, demanding the reinstatement of quotas in government job recruitment. Photo: Hasib Sohel/TBS
Education

JU students end Dhaka-Aricha highway blocade after 90 minutes

The students marched through the university and ended at the Dhaka-Aricha highway, where they blocked the road for 10 minutes from 11:57am to 12:07pm, causing significant traffic congestion. Photos: Collected
Bangladesh

Students block Dhaka-Aricha highway demanding quota abolition

Representational image. Photo: Collected
Transport

Traffic returns to Dhaka-Aricha route amid Eid rush