Road Block

Road Block

Garment workers stage protest by blocking the Dhaka-Chattogram highway for nearly two hours in Chandina upazila of Cumilla, demanding payment of overdue wages and Eid bonuses, causing a traffic jam stretching about 15 kilometres on both sides of the highway, 10 March 2026. Photo: TBS

Garment workers block Dhaka-Ctg highway for 2hrs over unpaid wages, causing 15km tailback

Workers of the same garment facility had also blocked the highway in 2024 and 2025 over unpaid wages

Police used water cannons, followed by baton charges and sound grenades, to disperse the demonstrators. Photo: Srejan Ghanta/TBS

20 hurt as police use batons, water cannons, tear shells to disperse mobile traders

Local student-people and NCP activists blocked both lanes of the Dhaka-Aricha highway in Savar by setting fire to tires on early 19 December 2025. Photo: TBS

Protesters block Dhaka-Aricha highway for 2hrs over Osman Hadi's death

An overturned truck blocks the outgoing lane of the Expressway in Nikunja, causing traffic congestion today (18 December). Photo: Traffic Division of Police

Truck overturns in Nikunja, creates tailbacks in the area

Students of Tejgaon College block Farmgate on 11 December 2025. Photo: Focus Bangla

Tejgaon College students lift Farmgate blockade after assurances from police, authorities

Photo: Collected

Workers from 4 garment factories block Ashulia road over unpaid wages, factory closures

Workers of a garment factory in Narayanganj’s Bandar upazila blocked the Dhaka–Chattogram highway today (3 November). Photo: TBS

Garment workers block highway after colleague’s death, allege factory negligence

They blocked the Banglamotor–Shahbagh road around 10:30pm, bringing traffic on the busy thoroughfare to a standstill. Photo: Md Jahidul Islam/TBS

43rd BCS non-cadre aspirants block Banglamotor-Shahbagh road

Photo: UNB

Hefazat activists block highways in Chattogram after leader's death in road crash

The demonstration began around 11am with a nearly one-kilometre-long human chain. By 11:45am, protesters sat on the highway, halting traffic on both lanes and causing severe congestion. Photo: TBS

Islami Bank officials stage hourlong blockade on Dhaka-Ctg highway over mass termination

Students of Dhaka Polytechnic Institute block roads in Tejgaon on 17 September 2025. Photo: Collected

Polytechnic students block roads in Dhaka, other districts over 4-point demand

Locals fell trees to block highway in Faridpur on 11 September 2025. Photo: TBS

Constituency demarcation: Highways blocked in Faridpur, hartal observed in Bagerhat

Locals protest for the second day in Faridpur over upazila boundary changes. Photo: Collected.

Faridpur unrest: Blockade lifted for tonight, protest to resume tomorrow over reassigning unions ahead of national election