<div><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Commuters returning to Dhaka after Eid holidays had to endure a 20km-long tailback on the Dhaka-Tangail-Bangbandhu Bridge Highway in the district on Saturday morning.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Vehicles began piling up on the high-speed corridor on Friday night. By this morning, traffic on the highway almost came to a standstill, triggering the long tailback.</div><div><br></div><div>Ataur Rahman, in-charge of Elenga highway Police, attributed the tailback stretching from Bangabandhu Bridge point to Jolfoi point on the highway to heavy pressure of Dhaka-bound vehicles.</div><div><br></div><div>Our correspondent reports that the desperation to return to Dhaka prompted many to get off public transport vehicles, walk a few kilometres and then hitchhike on passing bikes to reach the capital.</div><div><br></div><div>The highway police and the district police are working together to bring the traffic situation under control, said Ataur. - UNB</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>