Vehicular movement on Dhaka-Mymensingh highway remained suspended since Wednesday morning as the workers of a garment factory put up barricade on the highway at Bagher Bazar in Sadar upazila of Gazipur district protesting the death of a fellow in road accident. The workers of Golden Refit Garments Limited took to the street at Bagher Bazar area in the upazila around 8 am, halting vehicular movement on the busy highway. The protesting workers said Zannatul Ferdous Tamanna, 32, a worker of Golden Refit Garments Ltd, was killed as a truck hit an auto-rickshaw carrying her on the way to her workplace in the morning. Commuters suffer as RMG workers continue Dhaka-M’singh highway blockade Abdul Halim, officer-in-charge of Joydebpur Police Station, said the law enforcement agencies are working to bring the situation under control.    

With Bangladesh in the grip of the Eid rush, commuters heading home faced a harrowing time on the Dhaka-Mymensingh highway on Thursday. The stretch from Tongi to Chandona intersection of the high-speed corridor witnessed the maximum snarls due to the mad rush rush of vehicles carrying home-bound people ahead of the festival. On the highway across Gazipur district, this UNB correspondent witnessed bumper-to-bumper traffic at Bhogra bypass point, Board Bazar, Tongi Bazar and Station Road. Traffic situation on the Dhaka-Tangail highway to Chandra Trimore was the same this morning -- gridlocks and tailbacks at different places of the high-speed corridor. Read: Govt rolls back Jhilmil Flyover project Passengers and motorists claimed it was taking them nearly four hours to reach the Gazipur intersection from the Mohakhali bus terminal. At some places, people had to waiting for hours to get a public transport. Abdullah Al Mamun, deputy commissioner of Gazipur Metropolitan Police (Traffic), said that already steps have been taken to mitigate the sufferings of the home-bound people on the highways in Gazipur. "Extra policemen have been deployed to ensure the security of the commuters as well." Also read: RMG workers’ demo halt traffic on Dhaka-Mymensingh highway for 5 hrs