People's suffering goes up following the tension on apprehension of political anarchy and confrontation centring January 5.
The office-goers are facing severe crisis of transports on the city streets since Monday morning.
"I am standing here for about an hour. But no rickshaw or bus seems to appear," said Zannatul Ferdous, who was waiting for vehicle at Shantibagh to join her Panthapath office.
A limited number of rickshaws, CNG-run-auto-rickshaws and human haulers were plying the streets, but they charged excessive fares.
Commuters in different areas of the capital alleged that they had to pay extra fare while the drivers said they were charging extra as they were plying vehicles with the risk of arson.
Communication through major road and waterways connecting to Dhaka also came to a halt since Sunday morning.
Meanwhile, members of law enforcing agencies were seen patrolling in different parts of the capital.
Tilka Binte Mehtab, a resident of Mohammadpur, said: "There are hardly any vehicles on the roads. More law enforcers were seen on the road than normal public. It took me almost an hour to get a rickshaw."
The Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has imposed a ban on holding any kind of meeting, procession and rally in the capital from Sunday afternoon to avert any untoward situation over the political battle.
The ruling Awami League and BNP were scheduled to hold rallies in the capital marking January 5.
The BNP is looking to observe January 5 as the “democracy killing day” while the Awami League is set to celebrate “victory day of democracy.”
BNP Chairperson Khaleda Zia is being confined inside her Gulshan party office since Saturday night. Four sand-laden trucks have been positioned on either side of Khaleda's office on Sunday night.
However, Monirul Islam, joint commissioner at the DMP and also its spokesperson, told journalists that Khaleda is not confined.