Dhaka streets go under water in 20mm rainfall
Many streets in the capital Dhaka went under water on Thursday morning due to moderate rainfall, causing traffic congestion in different areas and sufferings to the city dwellers.
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Traffic problem demands early control of human haulers
THE worsening traffic congestion in Dhaka owes much to the unchecked, illegal parking of vehicles which becomes acute in crowded neighbourhoods. Roads across the capital are routinely narrowed by vehicles that occupy lanes and crossings while authorities fail to provide for a sustainable solution. The photograph of human haulers haphazardly parked along the...
Traffic chaos causes huge sufferings to city dwellers
Traffic chaos was created in many areas in the Dhaka city due to road blockade, processions of political activists and construction of development activities in the capital on Wednesday that caused immense sufferings to the citizens...
People suffer for daylong traffic gridlock in Dhaka
People suffered immensely on roads in the capital throughout Sunday as traffic congestion occurred across the city due to road blockades by the students and injured July mass uprising victims and the end of the first phase of Bishwa Ijtema...
Traffic chaos as聽thousands of BNP activists gather to greet Khaleda
Commuters on Tuesday endured hours of intense traffic congestion in different areas in Dhaka city as thousands of Bangladesh Nationalist Party leaders and activists stood on both sides of the airport road...
Dhaka鈥檚 traffic maze: urban chaos
DHAKA is a city of stark contrasts 鈥� a centre of economic growth and cultural vibrancy yet plagued by one of the most crippling urban challenges: traffic congestion. Despite ambitious projects like the elevated expressway and metro rail, the city鈥檚 traffic woes remain a daily ordeal. These initiatives have brought some relief, but for many commuters...
Stringent action needed to discipline roads in Dhaka
LAX monitoring and consequent traffic mismanagement have worsened the already chaotic Dhaka roads. Since the political changeover on August 5, when the Awami League regime was toppled by a student-mass uprising, Dhaka roads appear to have become more chaotic, with vehicles and pedestrians showing more disregard for traffic rules. The police...
City brought to standstill with severe tailbacks
Country鈥檚 leading Islamic scholars at Suhrawardy Udyan in the capital on Tuesday from a big rally demanded trial for the killing at the rally of Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh in...
Role of youth in fight against air pollution
AMID the lingering haze over Bangladesh鈥檚 cities, air pollution has become an escalating public health crisis. From brick kilns to traffic congestion, harmful pollutants seep into every aspect of urban life, making this not just a climate issue but a matter of human survival. These fine particulate matters 鈥� dust, soot, and smoke 鈥� can penetrate the lungs...
Rain throws聽traffic, life聽out of gear
Incessant rain that began on Wednesday evening caused immense suffering to Dhaka city dwellers due to widespread water stagnation and severe traffic congestion across...
Police asked to find 鈥榪uick solutions鈥� to traffic chaos in Bangladesh capital
Bangladesh鈥檚 interim government chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Monday asked the police and experts in a meeting to find solutions for easing traffic congestion in the capital Dhaka.
Traffic chaos in city as curfew relaxes
People rushed onto roads in Dhaka on Wednesday, creating chaos and traffic congestion as authorities relaxed the curfew for seven hours in trouble-hit Dhaka, Gazipur, Narayanganj, and Narsingdi districts...
Rain, tailback cause sufferings to HSC candidates on first day
The Higher Secondary Certificate and equivalent examinations began on Sunday when downpours brought woes to the candidates in Dhaka and Chattogram cities amid water stagnation, shortage of transports and traffic congestion...