Dhaka, Aug. 29 -- The Dhaka city is set to get a local-model signalling system at its seven busy intersections from Jahangir Gate to Hotel Intercontinental, which will be manually operated on an experimental basis for two weeks, beginning on Saturday (tomorrow).

The intersections are Jahangir Gate, Chief Advisor's Office (CAO), Bijoy Sarani, Farmgate, Sonargaon Crossing, Bijoy Nagar, and Hotel Intercontinental.

Officials said the piloting move is the first part of the government's initiative to ensure proper operation of traffic signal at 22 intersections from Airport to Shikkha Bhaban near the High Court. The system, prepared by Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), may be gradually installed at all the intersecti...