Dhaka-Aricha Highway

Dhaka-Aricha Highway

Prime Minister Tarique Rahman inaugurated a greening and beautification programme along both sides of the Dhaka-Aricha highway by planting a sapling at Aminbazar. Photo: TBS

PM launches Dhaka-Aricha highway greening drive

The initiative aims to improve the environment and enhance the beauty of the highway, where roadside areas have long been used as dumping grounds for waste.

A 1.5-kilometre stretch of the Dhaka-Aricha highway has been going through modification to implement an initiative to promote renewable energy by using two wind turbines to power more than 600 lights across it. Photo: TBS

From garbage dump to green stretch: Wind turbines to power highway lights in Savar

Workers block the Dhaka–Aricha Highway in Manikganj, demanding government-declared wages and allowances today. Photo: UNB

Workers block Dhaka-Aricha Highway demanding increase of wages

Homebound travellers face severe traffic congestion on the Nabinagar-Chandra road as increased Eid travel pressure, rain and poor road conditions slow vehicle movement on 25 May 2026. Photo: TBS

Homebound rush intensifies on Dhaka-Aricha highway as factory holidays begin

A long line of vehicles stands still as Jucsu blocks the Dhaka–Aricha highway over the failure to arrest a rape attempt suspect. Photo taken on 18 May 2026. Photo: Sajjad Hossain Shimul/TBS

Jucsu blocks Dhaka-Aricha Highway over failure to arrest rape attempt suspect

Local student-people and NCP activists blocked both lanes of the Dhaka-Aricha highway in Savar by setting fire to tires on early 19 December 2025. Photo: TBS

Protesters block Dhaka-Aricha highway for 2hrs over Osman Hadi's death

A total of 64 July memorials were built in 64 districts commemorating the martyrs of the July uprising. Photo: UNB

July Memorial set on fire in Manikganj

Students of Jahangirnagar University block Dhaka-Aricha Highway on 25 November 2025. Photo: TBS

Job seekers block Dhaka-Aricha Highway again demanding postponement of 47th BCS written exam

The blockade began around 10am today (19 November) at the Turag area in Savar, near the ‘Bhakurta Bhanga Bridge’ point of the highway. Photo: Collected

Brick kiln owners, workers lift Dhaka-Aricha highway blockade after 2 hours

A five-kilometre stretch from Aminbazar to Boliarpur bus stand, piles of garbage have appeared at more than ten spots, some spilling onto the road itself. Photo: TBS

Dhaka-Aricha highway turns into waste dumping zone amid blame game between authorities

Photo: Noman Mahmud/TBS

Protesters block Dhaka-Aricha Highway in Savar demanding AL ban

Police detained three youth on suspicion of mugging from a moving bus in Savar on 17 April 2025. Photo: TBS

Police detain 3 with knife during raid on moving bus in Savar

The protest began around 8:30pm when workers from the factory, located in Karnapara, took to the highway after repeated delays in payment. Photo: TBS

Garment workers lift blockade on Dhaka-Aricha highway after 2hr protest over unpaid wages