Eid holidaymakers could face long tailbacks at the bottlenecks on two major highways and at the ferry terminals on the Padma river.

Another Eid is nearing, and Dhaka dwellers are planning to leave the city and head home for the holiday. The country is celebrating Eid-ul-Fitr with a nine-day holiday – giving people the perfect opportunity to spend time with their near and dear ones outside the capital, at home, or at tourist destinations. People in Dhaka can move around with relative ease; however, holiday-makers are expected to face a difficult situation.

Bus tickets – ahead of Eid holiday – for April 29 and 30 on various routes is in high demand.

Amid huge rush of Eid holidaymakers by air, all the three airlines of the country have decided to increase domestic flights to accommodate passengers.

Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity has demanded that the authorities concerned control movement of motorcycles, rickshaws, easy-bikes, auto-rickshaws on all roads and highways to ensure smooth movement of public transport during Eid-ul-Fitr 2022 journey.

It was 12:35pm. Some 15 to 20 people were waiting at the office of Kamalapur Station Manager Masud Sarwar. But he was not there.

Hundreds of buses, cars and trucks remained stranded near Paturia Ghat yesterday afternoon due to the rush of homebound people ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr.

Once you reach the metro rail’s Uttara North station, you will see seven staircases on its both sides.

Inspector General of Police Benazir Ahmed today directed field-level police officers to ensure safe movement of the people going home to celebrate the upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr festival.

The two separate strikes, enforced by the transport workers and ambulance drivers in Dinajpur since this morning that caused immense suffering to commuters, have been called off after 12 hours.

Commuters and patients have been sufferings immensely due to separate strikes enforced by the transport workers and ambulance drivers in Dinajpur since this morning.

An inadequate number of ferries and gridlocks on highways are likely to be causes of sufferings for Eid holidaymakers heading to the 21 southern districts via the Paturia-Daulatdia and Shimulia-Kathalbari routes.

Eid holidaymakers heading for northern districts might get caught in gridlocks on both sides of the Bangabandhu bridge due to the expansion work on a 25km stretch of the Elenga-Rangpur highway.

Metrorail authorities have installed special buttons in each carriage of the trains to better deal with emergencies and ensure passengers’ safety.

The gang would wait patiently with its car in a crowded spot of Dhaka or adjacent areas. It offered people to drop them off at their destination for a fare. And it worked.

The Padma Multipurpose Bridge Authority has said the country’s biggest bridge is likely to be opened for traffic in June this year as they have already completed 92 percent of its construction works till now.

Transport experts have warned that there could be a dreadful situation on roads if traffic movement is not properly managed during the rush of people travelling to their home towns before the Eid.

The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) has urged the government to put the road construction and repair work on hold for 14 days before and after the Eid-ul-Fitr to reduce the sufferings of the homegoers.

Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity has demanded effective measures to reduce unbearable traffic congestion, harassment of commuters on the roads, and road accidents during the upcoming Eid-ul-Fitr journey.

Private bus operators yesterday started selling tickets to those who would go to their hometowns for the Eid.