Private cars are stuck in a traffic jam on the road in Dhaka’s Banani. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi Traffic builds up on both sides of Mirpur Road in Dhaka’s Sukrabad on Tuesday, Apr 5, 2022.

DHAKA — Authorities in Bangladesh have rolled out two schemes to combat air pollution in the capital Dhaka, one of the world’s fastest growing mega cities and one of the most polluted. On June ...

Following the Eid holidays, a surge of travellers returning to Dhaka via the Dhaka-Tangail-Jamuna Bridge highway has led to ...

DHAKA, June 24, 2025 (BSS) – The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has requested the city dwellers to follow some instructions ...

Traffic moves fastest in midwestern U.S. cities, ... Even at midnight, with few cars on the road, the trip in Dhaka—the slowest city in the world—is still 30 minutes, ...

Dhaka is Bangladesh’s largest city, its car clogged roads and traffic jams a daily source of frustration for its more than 20 million residents.

The day after in Dhaka: Young people replace police in Bangladesh capital. The city’s streets, now under the care of civilian traffic cops and property guards, tell a story of overnight destruction.

The announcement of the Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) installing an AI-driven signalling system to fix Dhaka’s number-one debilitating disease – its paralysing traffic congestion – is ...

Dhaka is Bangladesh’s largest city, its car clogged roads and traffic jams a daily source of frustration for its more than 20 million residents.