As the city’s 18 million inhabitants will attest, Dhaka – the densely populated capital of Bangladesh – is known as the ”traffic capital of the world” for good reason.
Expect roads there to be deserted at about 3:30 p.m. local time on Thursday, though.
”A journey that would take one hour to get to your destination, will take five minutes,” predicted Habibul Bashar, one of Dhaka’s more famous residents.
Bashar is the former captain and currently a national selector of Bangladesh’s cricket team, which will be taking part in the biggest game in its history on Thursday.