(MENAFN- IANS) Dhaka, April 11 (IANS) Bangladesh continues to witness a surge in highway robberies as unidentified individuals on Friday hijacked two moving buses and looted gold ornaments from ...

According to Bangladesh Highway Police headquarters, such robberies have surged since the fall of the Awami League government in August 2024. In February 2025, some 74 robbery cases were ...

Highway Police officials cited insufficient ... and only 2,931 personnel for over 3,000 kilometres of highways across Bangladesh—an average of one vehicle per 30 kilometres.

Due to planning flaws, irregularities, corruption, etc, Bangladesh had one of the highest highway construction costs in the world. The White Paper on the State of the Bangladesh Economy ...

Workers of Fu-wang Foods Limited, a food manufacturing company in the Hotapara area of Gazipur, staged a protest on Tuesday by blocking the Dhaka-Mymensingh highway for nearly 45 minutes, demanding ...