Road Block

Army deployed in Banani 11 to disperse rickshaw pullers on 21 April 2025. Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

Battery-run rickshaw drivers clash with locals over ban in Banani, quelled by army

DNCC has banned both motorised and pedal rickshaws on the main roads in the Gulshan and Banani areas

In Khulna, students from four polytechnic institutes halted a train over the implementation of the six-point demands. Photo: Collected
Bangladesh

Polytechnic students stage nationwide demos, disrupt traffic at key points

The students took position at the capital’s Saat Rasta intersection around 10am on 16 April 2025 and declared that they would not leave until their demands were addressed. Photo: Bangla News 24
Bangladesh

Traffic comes to halt as Polytechnic students block Tejgaon's Saat Rasta

Battery-run auto-rickshaw drivers blocked the busy Dhaka-Mymensingh highway in Gazipur on 4 March. Photo: UNB
Bangladesh

Battery-run auto-rickshaw drivers block Dhaka-Mymensingh highway over driver's alleged murder

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

Street vendors blocked a road in Sylhet’s Zindabazar area on 28 February, alleging that a Jubo Dal leader in abducted a street vendor for refusing to pay extortion money. Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

Street vendors block Sylhet's Zindabazar road over alleged extortion, Jubo Dal leader expelled

Traffic resumed at 10:45am after intervention from local authorities. Photo: Collected
RMG

RMG workers block Dhaka-Ctg highway over unpaid wages in Cumilla

Islamist group blocks road in Barhmanbaria on 26 February 2025. Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

'Withdraw cases filed against Islamic preachers, Hefazat men': Protesters block highway in Brahmanbaria for 3hrs

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

Students block the Bir Uttam AK Khandakar Road in front of the Titumir College at Mohakhali in the capital on 30 January 2025. Photo: Shihab Ahmed/Facebook
Bangladesh

Avoid Mohakhali: Titumir College students block road demanding university status

Workers have gathered at the factory's Narsinghpur area, halting traffic since 10am this morning (13 January). Photos: Collected
Bangladesh

Dismissed Sharmin Group workers block Ashulia road for 4.5 hours

Vehicles remain idle on Dhaka-Tangail Highway as workers demand reopening of two factories on 23 December 2024. Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

RMG workers block Dhaka-Tangail Highway demanding reopening of factories

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