Editing Dhaka (section)

=== Transport ===
{{main|Transport in Dhaka}}

Motorcycles comprised half of Dhaka's registered vehicles in 2023,<ref name=":9">{{Cite news |last=Talukder |first=Riyadh |date=26 August 2023 |title=Motorcycles account for half of Dhaka's registered vehicles |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/323588/motorcycles-account-for-half-of-dhaka-s-registered |access-date=27 May 2024 |work=[[Dhaka Tribune]] |archive-date=27 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240527002452/https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/323588/motorcycles-account-for-half-of-dhaka-s-registered |url-status=live }}</ref> while car ownership rate is only six per cent.<ref name=":4">{{Cite news |date=27 September 2020 |title=Experts: Too many private cars to fix traffic in Dhaka |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/dhaka/224625/experts-too-many-private-cars-to-fix-traffic-in |access-date=27 May 2024 |work=[[Dhaka Tribune]] |archive-date=26 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240526193041/https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/dhaka/224625/experts-too-many-private-cars-to-fix-traffic-in |url-status=live }}</ref> One of the world's least motorized cities,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Zami |first=Md Tahmid |date=2023-02-17 |title=Congested Dhaka navigates cleaner transport and jobs with first metro rail |url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/02/17/asia-pacific/dhaka-metro-clean-transport/ |access-date=2024-06-16 |website=The Japan Times |language=en |archive-date=16 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240616134032/https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/02/17/asia-pacific/dhaka-metro-clean-transport/ |url-status=live }}</ref> the three-wheeled [[cycle rickshaw]] is the most popular and ubiquitous mode of transport, which accounted for 54 per cent of vehicle trips in 2011.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Hossain |first1=Maruf |last2=Susilo |first2=Yusak O. |date=2011 |title=Rickshaw Use and Social Impacts in Dhaka, Bangladesh |url=http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.3141/2239-09 |journal=Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board |language=en |volume=2239 |issue=1 |pages=74–83 |doi=10.3141/2239-09 |issn=0361-1981 |archive-date=24 May 2024 |access-date=16 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240524140757/https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.3141/2239-09 |url-status=live }}</ref> Dhaka is among the most congested cities in the world, and traffic was estimated to cost the local economy {{USD|6.5}}{{nbsp}}billion per year in 2020.<ref name="liaquat2022">{{Cite news |last=Liaquat |first=Zisan Bin |date=16 March 2022 |title=The economic cost of Dhaka's insane traffic |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/business/265726/the-economic-cost-of-dhaka%E2%80%99s-insane-traffic |access-date=24 May 2024 |work=[[Dhaka Tribune]] |archive-date=24 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240524140755/https://www.dhakatribune.com/business/265726/the-economic-cost-of-dhaka%E2%80%99s-insane-traffic |url-status=live }}</ref> The average speed of a car travelling in the city is less than {{convert|7|km/h|mph}}.<ref name="bird2018">{{Cite book |last1=Bird |first1=Julia |url=https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/29925 |title=Toward Great Dhaka: A New Urban Development Paradigm Eastward |last2=Li |first2=Yue |last3=Rahman |first3=Hossain Zillur |last4=Rama |first4=Martin |last5=Venables |first5=Anthony J. |date=2018-07-03 |publisher=Washington, DC: World Bank |isbn=978-1-4648-1238-5 |language=en |doi=10.1596/978-1-4648-1238-5 |hdl=10986/29925 |archive-date=30 May 2023 |access-date=16 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230530214815/https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/29925 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Auto rickshaw]]s powered by [[compressed natural gas]], often referred to by locals as "CNGs", are also a popular mode of transport.<ref name=":15">{{Cite web |last=Rahman |first=Samsur |date=2024-01-29 |title=Use of metres in auto-rickshaw fading from public mind |url=https://en.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/city/ak08ei9ita |access-date=2024-05-24 |website=Prothom Alo |language=en |archive-date=16 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240616210404/https://en.prothomalo.com/bangladesh/city/ak08ei9ita |url-status=live }}</ref>

==== Road ====
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The city is connected to other parts of the country through highway and railway links. Five of Bangladesh's eight major [[List of roads in Bangladesh#Roads and highways|national highways]] start from the city: [[N1 (Bangladesh)|N1]], [[N2 (Bangladesh)|N2]], [[N3 (Bangladesh)|N3]], [[N5 (Bangladesh)|N5]] and [[N8 (Bangladesh)|N8]]. Dhaka is also directly connected to the two longest routes of the [[Asian Highway Network]]: [[AH1]] and [[AH2]], as well as to the [[AH41]] route. Highway links to the Indian cities of [[Kolkata]], [[Agartala]], [[Guwahati]] and [[Shillong]] have been established by the BRTC and private bus companies, which also run regular international bus services to those cities from Dhaka.<ref name="BRTC">{{Cite news |last=Lawson |first=Alastair |date=13 October 2003 |title=Passengers shun Dhaka-India bus |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/3162854.stm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080308190204/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/3162854.stm |archive-date=8 March 2008 |access-date=7 September 2006 |work=BBC News}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Details of Bus Services |url=https://www.hcidhaka.gov.in/pages.php?id=1244 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202043359/https://www.hcidhaka.gov.in/pages.php?id=1244 |archive-date=2 February 2017 |publisher=hcidhaka.gov.in}}</ref>

The [[Dhaka Elevated Expressway]], the first of its kind in the country, improves connectivity between the northern part of the city and the central, southern, and south-eastern parts.<ref name=":13">{{Cite web |date=2023-09-02 |title=PM opens country's first elevated expressway |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news/bangladesh/transport/news/pm-opens-countrys-first-elevated-expressway-3409266 |access-date=2024-04-14 |website=The Daily Star |language=en |archive-date=23 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240723175646/https://www.thedailystar.net/news/bangladesh/transport/news/pm-opens-countrys-first-elevated-expressway-3409266 |url-status=live }}</ref> An extension, the [[Dhaka–Ashulia Elevated Expressway]], is expected to open in 2026.<ref>{{Cite news |date=25 September 2021 |title=Dhaka-Ashulia Elevated Expressway to come into operation in 2026 |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news/bangladesh/transport/news/dhaka-ashulia-elevated-expressway-come-operation-2026-2183716 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220125090527/https://www.thedailystar.net/news/bangladesh/transport/news/dhaka-ashulia-elevated-expressway-come-operation-2026-2183716 |archive-date=25 January 2022 |access-date=25 January 2022 |work=The Daily Star |language=en}}</ref>

{{Update after|2026|06}}

==== Rickshaws ====
[[Cycle rickshaw]]s and CNG [[Auto rickshaw#Bangladesh|auto-rickshaws]] are the main modes of transport within the metro area, with more than 1.5 million rickshaws running each day:<ref name=":23">{{Cite web |last=Abbas |first=Md |date=2024-05-17 |title=Illegal rickshaws rule Dhaka streets |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news/bangladesh/transport/news/illegal-rickshaws-rule-dhaka-streets-3611731 |access-date=2024-05-30 |website=The Daily Star |language=en |archive-date=20 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240620124815/https://www.thedailystar.net/news/bangladesh/transport/news/illegal-rickshaws-rule-dhaka-streets-3611731 |url-status=live }}</ref> the highest number in any city in the world.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Molla |first=Mohammad Al-Masum |date=2019-07-07 |title=Ban on rickshaw: How logical is it? |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/opinion/politics/news/ban-rickshaw-how-logical-it-1767535 |access-date=2024-05-28 |website=The Daily Star |language=en |archive-date=7 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220207075113/https://www.thedailystar.net/opinion/politics/news/ban-rickshaw-how-logical-it-1767535 |url-status=live }}</ref> However, only around 220 thousand rickshaws are licensed by the city government.<ref name=":23" /> Over 15,000 legally registered CNGs serve passengers in Dhaka, with thousands more operating illegally.<ref>{{Cite web |date=10 May 2024 |title=Auto-rickshaws run in city despite ban |url=https://www.dailypost.net/todays-newspaper/auto-rickshaws-run-in-city-despite-ban/8722 |access-date=2024-05-28 |website=The Daily Post |language=en |archive-date=31 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240531073749/https://www.dailypost.net/todays-newspaper/auto-rickshaws-run-in-city-despite-ban/8722 |url-status=live }}</ref>

==== Ride sharing ====
Since 2016, [[Uber]] and [[Pathao]] have dominated the ride-sharing market in Dhaka, which offer both car and motorcycle services.<ref name="f452">{{Cite web |last=Haque |first=Ramisa |date=17 April 2018 |title=Bike-sharing services in Dhaka |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/lifestyle/spotlight/bike-sharing-services-dhaka-1563373 |access-date=16 June 2024 |website=The Daily Star |archive-date=29 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240529100433/https://www.thedailystar.net/lifestyle/spotlight/bike-sharing-services-dhaka-1563373 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Husain |first=Ishtiaq |date=22 November 2016 |title=Uber launches operations in Dhaka |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/bangladesh-others/10312/uber-launches-operations-in-dhaka |access-date=16 June 2024 |work=[[Dhaka Tribune]]}}</ref> Ride-sharing services have led to a decline in the use of CNG auto-rickshaws,<ref>{{Cite news |last=Rahman |first=Wafiur |date=24 August 2021 |title=The auto-rickshaw market is shrinking as ride-sharing apps become more popular |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/business/256267/the-auto-rickshaw-market-is-shrinking-as |access-date=28 May 2024 |work=[[Dhaka Tribune]] |archive-date=28 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240528151503/https://www.dhakatribune.com/business/256267/the-auto-rickshaw-market-is-shrinking-as |url-status=live }}</ref> although Uber has expanded its services to include CNG auto-rickshaws in 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-06-07 |title=Uber now includes CNG auto-rickshaws in Dhaka |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/toggle/news/uber-brings-cng-auto-rickshaws-dhaka-2106561 |access-date=2024-05-28 |website=The Daily Star |language=en |archive-date=28 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240528151502/https://www.thedailystar.net/toggle/news/uber-brings-cng-auto-rickshaws-dhaka-2106561 |url-status=live }}</ref>

==== Bus ====
Buses carried about 1.9 million passengers per day in 2007.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Jinat Jahan & Syeda Bushra Binte Amin |date=2013 |title=An Approach to Estimate Demand and Supply of Bus Service, in Particular, Road Section of Dhaka |url=https://www.bip.org.bd/admin/uploads/bip-publication/publication-11/paper/20141016160305.pdf |url-status=live |journal=Journal of Bangladesh Institute of Planners |volume=6 |pages=5 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230311030819/https://www.bip.org.bd/admin/uploads/bip-publication/publication-11/paper/20141016160305.pdf |archive-date=11 March 2023 |access-date=16 January 2023}}</ref> Public buses in Dhaka are primarily operated by numerous private companies, with a minority run by the state-owned [[Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation]] (BRTC).<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Campos |first1=Jose Edgardo |url=https://documents1.worldbank.org/curated/pt/797631467998806501/pdf/693780BRI0P1080Bus0Operations0final.pdf |title=Operationalizing Political Economy: Urban Bus Operations in Dhaka |last2=Akbar |first2=Sameer |publisher=[[World Bank]] |year=2008 |series=South Asia Political Economy and Governance Issues Note No. 1 |location=Washington, DC |access-date=23 May 2024 |archive-date=16 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240716162252/https://documents1.worldbank.org/curated/pt/797631467998806501/pdf/693780BRI0P1080Bus0Operations0final.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation|BRTC]] buses are red, based initially on the [[AEC Routemaster|Routemaster]] buses of London. There are three inter-district bus terminals in Dhaka, which are located in the city's [[Mohakhali]], Saidabad, and Gabtoli areas. It is now planned to move three inter-district bus terminals outside the town.<ref>{{Cite news |date=19 September 2021 |title=Inter-district bus terminals to be moved outside Dhaka |url=https://archive.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/dhaka/2021/09/19/inter-district-bus-terminals-to-be-moved-outside-dhaka |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220125090528/https://archive.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/dhaka/2021/09/19/inter-district-bus-terminals-to-be-moved-outside-dhaka |archive-date=25 January 2022 |access-date=25 January 2022 |work=Dhaka Tribune}}</ref> Highway links to the Indian cities of [[Kolkata]], [[Agartala]], [[Guwahati]] and [[Shillong]] have been established by the BRTC and private bus companies, which also run regular international bus services to those cities from Dhaka.<ref name="BRTC" />

Set to open in December 2024,{{Update after|2025}} the {{Convert|20.5|km|adj=on}} [[Dhaka BRT|Dhaka Bus Rapid Transit]] system is expected to reduce travel time from Dhaka to the [[satellite town]] of [[Gazipur]] from as long as four hours to just 35–40 minutes.<ref name="t839">{{Cite web |last=Adhikary |first=Tuhin Shubhra |date=16 October 2023 |title=BRT-3 not this year |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news/bangladesh/news/brt-3-not-year-3444626 |access-date=16 June 2024 |website=The Daily Star |archive-date=20 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240520170618/https://www.thedailystar.net/news/bangladesh/news/brt-3-not-year-3444626 |url-status=live }}</ref>

==== Waterways ====
[[File:বুড়িগঙ্গা ৩.jpg|thumb|Some boats and launches on the river Buriganga.]]
The [[Dhaka Sadarghat|Sadarghat River Port]] on the banks of the [[Buriganga River]] serves for the transport of goods and passengers upriver and to other ports in Bangladesh.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific. |title=Asian Highway Handbook |publisher=United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, United Nations Publications |year=2005 |isbn=92-1-120170-5 |page=28 |chapter=Dhaka}}</ref> Inter-city and inter-district motor vessels and passenger ferry services are used by many people to travel riverine regions of the country from the city. [[Water taxi|Water bus]] services are available on the Buriganga River and [[Hatirjheel Thana|Hatirjheel]] and Gulshan lakes, providing connectivity via two routes, [[Tejgaon Thana|Tejgaon]]–[[Gulshan Thana|Gulshan]] and Tejgaon–[[Rampura Thana|Rampura]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=6 December 2016 |title=Water taxi services on Dhaka's Hatirjheel 'from Victory Day' |url=http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2016/12/06/water-taxi-services-on-dhakas-hatirjheel-from-victory-day |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170402081705/http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2016/12/06/water-taxi-services-on-dhakas-hatirjheel-from-victory-day |archive-date=2 April 2017 |access-date=1 April 2017 |work=bdnews24.com}}</ref>

==== Rail ====
{{Further|Dhaka Metro Rail|Dhaka Circular Railway}}
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[[Kamalapur railway station]], situated on the northeast side of [[Motijheel]], is the largest and busiest of the city's railway stations.<ref name="Morshed">{{Cite news |last=Adnan Zillur Morshed |date=24 July 2017 |title=A quiet masterpiece that serves as Dhaka's gateway |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/perspective/quiet-masterpiece-serves-dhakas-gateway-1437574 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221107103550/https://www.thedailystar.net/perspective/quiet-masterpiece-serves-dhakas-gateway-1437574 |archive-date=7 November 2022 |access-date=24 May 2021 |work=[[The Daily Star (Bangladesh)|The Daily Star]]}}</ref> It was designed by American architect [[Robert Boughey]] and was completed in 1969.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Habib |first1=Kishwar |title=Asian Cities: Colonial to Global |last2=De Meulder |first2=Bruno |publisher=Amsterdam University Press |year=2015 |isbn=978-90-485-2824-0 |editor-last=Bracken |editor-first=Gregory |page=230 |chapter=Rallying Towards the Nation Theatre of Nation Building in Post-colonial Dhaka |jstor=j.ctt16d69sf.14}}</ref> The state-owned [[Bangladesh Railway]] provides suburban and national services, with regular express train services connecting Dhaka with other major urban areas, such as [[Chittagong]], [[Rajshahi]], [[Khulna]], [[Sylhet]] and [[Rangpur City|Rangpur]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Marika McAdam |title=Bangladesh |publisher=Lonely Planet |year=2004 |isbn=1-74059-280-8 |page=66}}</ref> The [[Maitree Express]] and the [[Mitali Express]] provides connections from Dhaka to [[West Bengal]] in India.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Tuhin Shubhra Adhikary |date=4 September 2019 |title=Maitree to run 6 days a week |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/backpage/maitree-express-run-dhaka-to-kolkata-6-days-week-1795198 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210525115111/https://www.thedailystar.net/backpage/maitree-express-run-dhaka-to-kolkata-6-days-week-1795198 |archive-date=25 May 2021 |access-date=24 May 2021 |work=[[The Daily Star (Bangladesh)|The Daily Star]]}}</ref><ref name=":26">{{Cite web |date=1 June 2022 |title=Dhaka-Jalpaiguri 'Mitali Express' train starts operation |url=https://www.jagonews24.com/en/national/news/62084 |access-date=2024-05-31 |website=[[Jagonews24.com]] |language=en-US |archive-date=31 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240531223208/https://www.jagonews24.com/en/national/news/62084 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Dhaka Metro Rail is a [[Rapid transit|mass rapid transit]] system serving Dhaka, [[Bangladesh]]. It is a part of the 20-year-long Strategic Transport Plan (STP) outlined by the [[Dhaka Transport Coordination Authority|Dhaka Transport Coordination Authority (DTCA)]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=About MRT Line-6 |url=http://www.dmtc.org.bd/about/about-mrt-line-6 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202061003/http://www.dmtc.org.bd/about/about-mrt-line-6 |archive-date=2 February 2017 |access-date=28 January 2017 |website=DHAKA MASS TRANSIT COMPANY LTD.}}</ref> The first phase of Dhaka Metro's [[MRT Line 6]] was inaugurated by [[Prime Minister of Bangladesh|Prime Minister]] [[Sheikh Hasina]] and commenced commercial operations on 28 December 2022.<ref>{{Cite news |date=28 December 2022 |title=PM Hasina becomes first passenger to travel on Metro Rail with ticket |url=https://www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh/pm-hasina-becomes-first-passenger-travel-metro-rail-ticket-559082 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221228140224/https://www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh/pm-hasina-becomes-first-passenger-travel-metro-rail-ticket-559082 |archive-date=28 December 2022 |access-date=31 December 2022 |work=The Business Standard}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Passengers gather at Dhaka metro stations at first light |url=https://bdnews24.com/metro-rail/o2sjvoesf1 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221229022955/https://bdnews24.com/metro-rail/o2sjvoesf1 |archive-date=29 December 2022 |access-date=2022-12-29 |work=bdnews24.com |language=en}}</ref>

The metro network is planned to contain six lines. Before the opening of the Dhaka Metro Rail, Dhaka was the biggest city in the world without a mass rapid transit system.<ref>{{Cite web |date=5 January 2023 |title=Bangladesh's first metro line opens |url=https://www.railwaygazette.com/metros/bangladeshs-first-metro-line-opens/63268.article |access-date=2024-06-16 |website=Railway Gazette International |language=en}}</ref> Unrelated to the metro, there is also a proposal to build a [[Dhaka Subway|subway]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Saifuddin |first=Saif |date=2022-01-16 |title=Dhaka Subway: Traffic woes to be eased further by 2030 |url=https://www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh/infrastructure/dhaka-subway-traffic-woes-be-eased-further-2030-358018 |access-date=2024-06-16 |website=The Business Standard |language=en |archive-date=25 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220125013228/https://www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh/infrastructure/dhaka-subway-traffic-woes-be-eased-further-2030-358018 |url-status=live }}</ref> and an [[Dhaka Circular Railway|orbital railway system]].<ref name="a604">{{Cite web |last=Adhikary |first=Tuhin Shubhra |date=17 January 2021 |title=Dhaka Circular Rail: Belated but bold |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/frontpage/news/dhaka-circular-rail-belated-bold-2028905 |access-date=16 June 2024 |website=The Daily Star}}</ref>

==== Air ====
{{See also|Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport}}
[[File:Biman Bangladesh Airlines - S2-AJV - The Gaangchil - Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner - 40125 - HSIA.jpg|thumb|Biman Bangladesh in Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport]]
[[Shahjalal International Airport|Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport]] (formerly Zia International Airport),<ref>{{Cite web |title=Brief History Of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport |url=http://caab.gov.bd/airports/shahjalal.html#:~:text=Dhaka%20international%20airport%20was%20renamed,the%20capital%20city%20of%20Bangladesh. |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207091632/http://caab.gov.bd/airports/shahjalal.html#:~:text=Dhaka%20international%20airport%20was%20renamed,the%20capital%20city%20of%20Bangladesh. |archive-date=7 February 2023 |access-date=2023-01-16 |website=caab.gov.bd}}</ref> located {{Convert|15|km}} north of Dhaka city centre, is the largest and busiest international airport in the country.<ref name="Air">{{Cite book |last=Alam |first=Jobair Bin |title=Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh |publisher=[[Asiatic Society of Bangladesh]] |year=2012 |isbn=978-984-32-0576-6 |editor-last=Islam |editor-first=Sirajul |editor-link=Sirajul Islam |edition=Second |chapter=Air Transport |access-date=17 January 2008 |editor-last2=Jamal |editor-first2=Ahmed A. |chapter-url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Air_Transport |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150701035850/http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Air_Transport |archive-date=1 July 2015}}</ref> Although built with an annual passenger-handling capacity of 8 million,<ref name="capacity">{{Cite news |last=Byron |first=Rejaul Karim |date=28 August 2010 |title=New int'l airport to cost Tk 50,000cr |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=152589 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101031082713/http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=152589 |archive-date=31 October 2010 |access-date=16 November 2011 |work=The Daily Star}}</ref> it handled more than 11 million passengers in 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-02-17 |title=Record 17m air passengers last year propel Dhaka airport to Tk2,400cr revenue |url=https://www.tbsnews.net/economy/aviation/record-17m-air-passengers-last-year-propel-dhaka-airport-tk2400cr-revenue-794054 |access-date=2024-05-28 |website=The Business Standard |language=en |archive-date=28 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240528163703/https://www.tbsnews.net/economy/aviation/record-17m-air-passengers-last-year-propel-dhaka-airport-tk2400cr-revenue-794054 |url-status=live }}</ref> The average aircraft movement per day is around 330 flights.<ref name=":132">{{Cite web |last=Siddiqui |first=Kamran |date=2023-05-29 |title=More foreign airlines keen to connect Bangladesh |url=https://www.tbsnews.net/economy/aviation/more-foreign-airlines-keen-connect-bangladesh-639986 |access-date=2024-06-11 |website=[[The Business Standard]] |language=en |archive-date=11 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240611115249/https://www.tbsnews.net/economy/aviation/more-foreign-airlines-keen-connect-bangladesh-639986 |url-status=live }}</ref> It is the hub of most [[List of airlines of Bangladesh|Bangladeshi airlines]]. Domestic service flies to [[Shah Amanat International Airport|Chittagong]], [[Osmani International Airport|Sylhet]], [[Shah Makhdum Airport|Rajshahi]], [[Cox's Bazar Airport|Cox's Bazar]], [[Jessore Airport|Jessore]], [[Barisal Airport|Barisal]], and [[Saidpur Airport|Saidpur]] ([[Rangpur District|Rangpur]]), and international services fly to major cities in Asia, Europe and the Middle East.<ref name="intsched">{{Cite web |title=Biman's Destination: International Destinations |url=http://biman-airlines.com/our-network/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130701060706/http://biman-airlines.com/our-network |archive-date=1 July 2013 |website=Biman Bangladesh Airlines}}</ref><ref name="dhkcityguide">{{Cite web |title=Dhaka – Zia International Airport (DAC) |url=http://www.worldexecutive.com/locations/asia_pacific/bangladesh/dhaka/airports.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130424120233/http://www.worldexecutive.com/locations/asia_pacific/bangladesh/dhaka/airports.html |archive-date=24 April 2013 |access-date=15 May 2013 |website=World Executive |publisher=OE Interactive}}</ref> The airport's capacity is expected to more than double to 20 million once the modern [[Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport#Terminal 3|third terminal]] opens fully in October 2024.<ref>{{Cite news |date=28 February 2024 |title=Construction of Dhaka airport's 3rd terminal to be fully completed by April 5 |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/340518/construction-of-dhaka-airport%E2%80%99s-3rd-terminal-set |access-date=11 June 2024 |work=[[Dhaka Tribune]] |agency=[[United News of Bangladesh]] |archive-date=29 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240529223800/https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/340518/construction-of-dhaka-airport%E2%80%99s-3rd-terminal-set |url-status=live }}</ref>{{Update after|2024|11}} According to the project design, the third terminal will have 12 boarding bridges and 16 conveyor belts. The terminal will have 115 check-in counters and 128 immigration desks.<ref name="q379">{{Cite web |date=9 October 2023 |title=Dhaka Airport Third Terminal: Promising great travel experiences |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/my-dhaka/news/dhaka-airport-third-terminal-promising-great-travel-experiences-3438391 |access-date=16 June 2024 |website=The Daily Star |archive-date=2 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240802020139/https://www.thedailystar.net/my-dhaka/news/dhaka-airport-third-terminal-promising-great-travel-experiences-3438391 |url-status=live }}</ref>