A severe traffic jam spanning about 10 kilometers developed early Thursday on the Dhaka-Chattogram-Sylhet highway, causing significant suffering for commuters. Witnesses reported that vehicle movement slowed across several sections of the highway from morning, eventually turning into a long tailback that affected both office-goers and long-distance travelers.

According to Md. Julhas Uddin, in-charge of the Highway Police’s Shimrail Camp, two separate road accidents and a vehicle breakdown occurred late at night on the Dhaka-Chattogram highway. These incidents led to heavy congestion from Meghna to Signboard. Similarly, traffic on the Dhaka-Sylhet highway became gridlocked from Rupshi to Kanchpur Bridge, leaving hundreds of vehicles stranded.

Highway police later reached the spots and removed the disabled vehicles, after which traffic movement gradually began to return to normal, officials said.