Dhaka City Election: Ban on Motorcycles Movement from Tonight

A 54-hour prohibition on the movement of motorcycles in the capital before the Dhaka city referendum, enforced by the Election Commission (EC) will come into effect from Thursday midnight.

The ban will remain in place until Sunday morning.

Motor vehicle movements have also been limited for 18 hours but it will come into effect in the election areas from Friday midnight.

Dhaka’s two city corporations are going to polls on February 1.

Motorcycles and cars with EC stickers emergency services equipment like ambulance, fire department and post office may stay outside the limits of the prohibition.

The plying of baby-taxi or auto-rickshaw, taxicab, microbus, jeep, pickup, car, bus, truck, and other motor-driven vehicles will be restricted from January 31 to midnight (12 am) to February 1 evening (6 pm).