It was 9:00 pm last Wednesday, at the Caravan Bazaar intersection in the capital, where four roads meet. Vehicles are stopped at the junction of three roads. Only vehicles are moving on the road from Banglamotor towards Farmgate. After walking like this for two minutes, the traffic red light in the opposite direction got activated. […]
The Highway Police has identified 207 major potential congestion spots across the country for this year’s Eid travel. There are concerns that there may be traffic jams at these places due to pressure from homebound travelers during Eid. This information was revealed at a meeting held on Eid Yatra yesterday, Thursday afternoon, in the conference […]
With the announcement of holidays in factories for the 13th Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliamentary) elections, a large number of working people have started returning to their villages. With thousands of people going home at the same time, the traffic pressure on the Dhaka-Tangel and Dhaka-Mymensingh highways in Ghazipur has increased manifold. Intermittent traffic congestion is […]
Narrating his ordeal, Salauddin, who works in a pharmaceutical company in Dhaka and is a resident of Galachipa Upazila in Patuakhali, said that he left early in the morning to go home for various works including buying cattle. He thought that there would be no traffic jam in the early morning. In fact, he reached […]
Traffic jam was also witnessed in Govindganj market area of Gaibandha as vehicles were plying on a single lane due to expansion work of the highway. Saidur Rahman, a bus driver on the Rangpur-Dhaka route, told Prothom Alo that lane expansion work is going on at 12 places from Satibari in Rangpur to Bangabandhu Bridge […]
Faridpur-bound Prochesta Paribahan driver Moinuddin Ahmed said he faced traffic jams in Nayabazar and Tantibazar areas while leaving Dhaka from Babubazar bridge. Assistant sub-inspector of traffic police Alamin, who was on duty in Kadamtali area, said the traffic pressure in the area has increased as the movement of heavy vehicles through Postogolla Bridge has been […]
The Roads and Highways Department said in a circular that renovation vehicles have been directed to use alternative routes as renovation work on the bridge will take place from February 22-March 8. These vehicles will be deployed in 6 districts of Barishal division (Barishal, Bhola, Borguna, Jhalokathi, Patuakhali and Pirojpur), 10 districts of Khulna division […]
The ruling Awami League and the opposition BNP are organizing events almost every day ahead of the 12th national elections. In a democratic society, any political party or organization can organize meetings and rallies to present its policies and plans to the people. However, they will have to take care that normal life is not […]
There was heavy traffic jam on various roads in Dhaka on Sunday, the first working day of the week, causing inconvenience to commuters. Long queues of vehicles were mostly seen at Manik Miyan Avenue, Bijoy Sarani, Caravan Bazaar, Bangla Motors and Ramna area and passengers remained stranded at one place for half an hour to […]
Experts have blamed the city’s weak drainage system for water logging. Speaking to Prothom Alo, MD Hadiuzzaman, former director of the Accident Research Institute (ARI) of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, said, “Dhaka’s drainage system is not planned at all. Rain water should be drained through drains built on both sides of the road. […]