Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity

Opinion / Will anyone take responsibility for traffic deaths?

The Eid festivities in April marked a grim milestone with a record number of road traffic accidents and casualties.

Extend Eid vacation by 2 days: Jatri Kalyan Samity

Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity today demanded that the government extend the Eid-ul-Fitr vacation by two days to ensure smooth and hassle-free journey of holidaymakers

'Scrap unfit, rundown buses'

Jatri Kalyan Samity says govt-managed transportation key to address the capital's traffic woes

Road accidents kill 21 people a day: BJKS

Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity says during 2015-2022 at least 61,616 people were killed and 1.12 lakh injured in 44,171 incidents

Steps the government should take for Eid travellers

The upcoming national election means that the travelling woes for homeward bound people this Eid-ul-Azha will be tied to the government’s image issue.

Road crash deaths during Eid rush 21.1% lower than last year

At least 328 people were killed and 565 injured in 304 road accidents in 15 days (from April 15 to 29) during the Eid rush, Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity said

Give us road crash data before publishing, BRTA asks road safety orgs

The government has asked the non-government organisations working on road safety to inform the authorities concerned before releasing data on road crashes and casualties.

Casualties in Road Crashes: Campaigners question govt’s low numbers

For the first time, the road transport and bridges ministry has made public the statistics of road accidents and casualties for a particular month, January.

Raising fuel prices to appease IMF is anti-people: Jatri Kalyan Samity

Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity has demanded the government immediately repeal its decision of hiking fuel prices to ease the already-existing sufferings of the people created by the price hikes of essentials.

April 28, 2024
April 28, 2024

Will anyone take responsibility for traffic deaths?

The Eid festivities in April marked a grim milestone with a record number of road traffic accidents and casualties.

March 27, 2024
March 27, 2024

Extend Eid vacation by 2 days: Jatri Kalyan Samity

Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity today demanded that the government extend the Eid-ul-Fitr vacation by two days to ensure smooth and hassle-free journey of holidaymakers

January 20, 2024
January 20, 2024

'Scrap unfit, rundown buses'

Jatri Kalyan Samity says govt-managed transportation key to address the capital's traffic woes

October 21, 2023
October 21, 2023

Road accidents kill 21 people a day: BJKS

Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity says during 2015-2022 at least 61,616 people were killed and 1.12 lakh injured in 44,171 incidents

June 26, 2023
June 26, 2023

Steps the government should take for Eid travellers

The upcoming national election means that the travelling woes for homeward bound people this Eid-ul-Azha will be tied to the government’s image issue.

May 2, 2023
May 2, 2023

Road crash deaths during Eid rush 21.1% lower than last year

At least 328 people were killed and 565 injured in 304 road accidents in 15 days (from April 15 to 29) during the Eid rush, Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity said

April 13, 2023
April 13, 2023

Give us road crash data before publishing, BRTA asks road safety orgs

The government has asked the non-government organisations working on road safety to inform the authorities concerned before releasing data on road crashes and casualties.

February 14, 2023
February 14, 2023

Casualties in Road Crashes: Campaigners question govt’s low numbers

For the first time, the road transport and bridges ministry has made public the statistics of road accidents and casualties for a particular month, January.

August 6, 2022
August 6, 2022

Raising fuel prices to appease IMF is anti-people: Jatri Kalyan Samity

Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity has demanded the government immediately repeal its decision of hiking fuel prices to ease the already-existing sufferings of the people created by the price hikes of essentials.

September 14, 2018
September 14, 2018

Mozammel released

Road safety campaigner Mozammel Hoque Chowdhury was freed from jail last night, hours after a Dhaka court rejected a police petition seeking to show him arrested in a case filed under Explosive Substances Act.