Dhaka, March 30 -- Shafiqul Rahman, an official at a private company, made the journey from Arambagh in Dhaka to Cumilla in just two hours.

It was a pace he had not experienced in the past decade of Eid travels.

"I can't believe it. I've never had such a smooth Eid journey. I reached Cumilla from Arambagh in just two hours, and even took a 40-minute break for Iftar. This has never happened in the last ten years," he said.

Speaking to bdnews24, Shafiqul described his surprising Friday journey. "In previous years, there was always some level of traffic. I believe the administration was quite active this time.

"I saw traffic police cars at different points along the route."

It echoed the remarks of Mosharraf Hossain, the general manager...