Follow the lane

A student, while managing traffic at the entrance of Dhaka University area on Friday, holds a placard that reads ‘ambulance lane’, indicating to passing vehicles that the lane is only for emergency use – a concept which has been absent in Bangladesh. Students have been managing traffic on the roads after the fall of Sheikh Hasina’s government on 5 August. However, the DMP withdrew traffic police from the capital on 3 August to ensure their safety during the recent violent protests. Photo: Rajib Dhar/TBS
Transport

Follow the lane: This is why students are standing in the middle of the road

In just four days, students managing the city’s traffic have successfully enforced lane discipline, proving that with determination and common sense, even what the traffic police have struggled to...