Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka and other major cities on Tuesday witnessed a massive travel rush as thousands thronged to bus terminals and railway stations to travel to their hometowns ahead of elections.Bangladesh will hold parliamentary elections on February 12. Transport operators said they faced unusually heavy numbers of passengers with long queues of people waiting for travel tickets at major bus terminals and train stations.“It is almost like the traditional rush of homebound passengers we see during Eid vacations,” said Abdur Rahim, who runs a tea stall adjacent to Dhaka’s Mohakhali Bus terminal.Witnesses sketched nearly identical scenes at other bus terminals and Dhaka’s main Kamalapur Railway station, which operate buses and train services to different directions of the country from the capital.Newspaper reports said a large number of people were going to their homes from Chattogram and other metropolises.