Dhaka traffic

Dhaka traffic

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'Not even Dhaka traffic can stop UK-Bangladesh partnership': British envoy walks 2.3km amid congestion

Representational image. Photo: TBS

Experts call for coordinated efforts to fix Dhaka's traffic woes

A calm mind is the best way to handle traffic, which can be achieved by catching up on podcasts, audiobooks, or music playlists. PHOTO: Collected

Owning a car in Dhaka: Hacks to save time and money while avoiding stress

Buses on a Dhaka road. File Photo: Salahuddin Ahmed/TBS

Traffic violations: DMP file 292 cases, fine Tk11.58 lakh in one day

As Dhaka chokes in traffic amid demos, public attention turns to 'inefficient' traffic cops

As Dhaka chokes in traffic amid demos, public attention turns to 'inefficient' traffic cops

A student, while managing traffic at the entrance of Dhaka University area on Friday, holds a placard that reads ‘ambulance lane’, indicating to passing vehicles that the lane is only for emergency use – a concept which has been absent in Bangladesh. Students have been managing traffic on the roads after the fall of Sheikh Hasina’s government on 5 August. However, the DMP withdrew traffic police from the capital on 3 August to ensure their safety during the recent violent protests. Photo: Rajib Dhar/TBS

A week after govt falls, Dhaka streets yet to see traffic police

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Some normalcy restored in capital as traffic, public transportation surge

There are no traffic jams, a rare sight in a city known for its gridlock, as public and private transport remain largely off the roads. Photo: TBS

Dhaka roads see an unusual emptiness

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Dhaka standstill as protest, festival trigger heavy traffic woes 

Rickshaws clog the Chawk Circular Road in Old Dhaka, making the movement of pedestrians difficult. A glut of rickshaws on narrow roads and alleys contributes to traffic jams across the city. The photo was taken recently. Photo: Rajib Dhar

One-way street, clear footpath: The way Dhaka can untangle its traffic knots

View of the Expressway from near the entrance. Photo: TBS

Homegoers resort to iftar on road amid long tailback on Expressway, adjacent roads 

Traffic movement in Dhaka streets is more today compared to the earlier hartals and blockades of the opposition parties this month. This photo was captured in the capital’s Banglamotor intersection on Monday, 20 November 2023, morning, the second day of a 48-hour hartal called by BNP, Jamaat and like-minded parties. Photo: Md Tajul Islam

Day 2 of hartal underway with near regular traffic on Dhaka streets

Vehicles run in much greater numbers than in earlier opposition protest movements this month on a road in the capital’s Shyamoli area on Sunday, the first day of a 48-hour hartal called by opposition parties. Photo: Syed Zakir Hossain

Dhaka traffic near normal as BNP-Jamaat hartal underway