traffic jam

The unhealthy competition between buses often cause traffic jams and damage to vehicles. Sometimes, it has tragically cost lives. Photo: TBS
Panorama

Traffic discipline is within sight, but we need to move slower

From gridlocked roads to unruly rickshaws, Dhaka’s traffic woes have only deepened. Can the Bus Route Rationalisation project finally restore order?

Vehicles stuck on road at Karwan Bazar in Dhaka. Photo: Zakir Hossain/TBS
Panorama

Inside the interim govt’s plans to address Dhaka’s traffic woes

The current view of the Airport Road feels like a snapshot from a concrete jungle. Photo: Syed Zakir Hossain
Panorama

What Airport Road traffic reveals about our development model

Screengrab from Google Map
Bangladesh

Gridlocks leave Dhaka commuters reeling as BNP holds massive rally

Traffic congestion in Kazi Nazrul Islam Avenue on the morning of Tuesday, 5 November 2024, ahead of a rally called by an Islamic group at Suhrawardy Udyan. Photo: Md Tajul Islam
Bangladesh

Gridlock brings parts of Dhaka to a standstill

File photo of traffic jam in Dhaka/TBS
Bangladesh

Dhaka commuters get no respite from traffic gridlocks

Vehicles stand still on Badda-Rampura road on 21 May 2024. File Photo: TBS
Bangladesh

Dhaka's traffic jam: Committee places 11 proposals including canal renovation, waterway construction

Vehicles stuck in traffic jam in Narayanganj on the Dhaka-Chattogram National Highway on 3 October. Photo: UNB
Transport

Waterlogged road, disorderly vehicular movement leads to 8km tailback on Dhaka-Ctg Highway after rainfall

Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) Commissioner Md Mainul Hassan. File Photo: BSS
Bangladesh

DMP commissioner seeks cooperation from transport owners to ease traffic jam in Dhaka

The entrance to Banani in Dhaka-Mymensingh Highway have been inundated due to the morning downpours on Tuesday, 3 September 2024. Photo: Gulshan Traffic Division
Bangladesh

Commuters suffer as heavy rain waterlogs streets, cripples Dhaka traffic

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

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

Representational image. Photo: Collected
Bangladesh

Dhaka residents may experience heavy traffic congestion this week: DMP

File photo of traffic jam on Dhaka roads/UNB
Bangladesh

DMP to commuters: Leave for work early to avoid possible traffic jams