Road Potholes

Road Potholes

Despite its status as a high-profile city artery, Hatirjheel's 8km circular road is riddled with potholes and non-functional streetlights, as shown by this struggling car and ambulance on Tuesday. The poor maintenance turns the road into a perilous, visibility-poor trap after dark and in the rain, demanding immediate repair. Photo: Md Jahidul Islam

Potholes and darkness turn Hatirjheel road into an accident trap

The Hatirjheel road connects some of the city’s busiest commercial and residential zones. Thousands of private cars, Pickups, motorcycles use it to avoid the gridlock of adjacent main roads. But...

Locals and passengers plant paddy seedlings in rain-filled potholes on the Faridpur-Bhanga highway on Friday. Photo: TBS

Locals protest by planting paddy seedlings in potholes on Faridpur-Bhanga highway

Greater Dhaka, now a megacity of around 20 million people, has been ranked the slowest city on Earth. Photo: TBS

Potholes, poverty and lost time: The real cost of driving in Bangladesh

CAB demands immediate action to repair Ctg's pothole filled roads

CAB demands immediate action to repair Ctg's pothole filled roads