Sylhet, March 22 -- With the high rate of population growth allied to increasing economic activity in Bangladesh's growing urban centres, the number of vehicles on the roads is also growing exponentially.

The rise in the number of vehicles is far outpacing two related facilities: the amount of road on which these vehicles are meant to ply, and spaces in and around the towns and cities where they can be parked. While the state is seen to take some initiatives at least when it comes to the former, the concept of dedicated parking spaces has just never caught on in Bangladesh, and the importance of provisioning them seems lost on policymakers.

But three students of a private university here may just have come up with the so-called 'killer ...