bangladesh road accident
Woman crushed to death between two buses in Gulistan
A woman was crushed to death between two buses in Dhaka’s Gulistan area today.
9 killed, 50 injured as 2 buses collide in Rangpur
Nine people were killed and at least 50 were injured in a head-on collision between two buses on Rangpur-Dinajpur highway in Rangpur early today (September 5, 2022).
Road accidents claim lives of 1674 children in Jan 2020-Apr 2022
At least 1,674 children (between one month and 18-year-old) died in road accidents across the country between January 2020 and April 2022, according to Road Safety Foundation.
PM urges all to be responsible on road to avert accidents
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina calls upon all including the drivers and pedestrians to be responsible in using the roads to avoid accidents while opening a number of development projects.
Rab man killed as truck hits motorbike at Kakrail
A member of Rapid Action Battalion is killed while another injured as a truck hit their motorcycle at Kakrail intersection in Dhaka.
Mohakhali road crash: Bus driver held
Police arrest the driver of a bus in connection with a road accident which claimed the life of a pedestrian near Mohakhali flyover in Dhaka around a month back.
Bus owner, driver killed in Savar road crash
The owner and driver of a bus are killed after being hit by another bus in Savar, on the outskirts of Dhaka.
5 killed in Narsingdi, N’ganj road crashes
At least five people including three university students are killed and seven others are injured in two separate accidents in Narsingdi and Narayanganj.
Road crashes claim 20 lives
At least 20 people were killed and 82 others injured in separate road accidents in eight districts yesterday. Of the 20 dead, seven were killed in Feni, four in Faridpur, three in Kishoreganj, two in Sirajganj, and one each in Gopalganj, Mymensingh, Barishal and Tangail.
Rozina suffers respiratory problems, shifted to DMCH
Rozina Akter, who lost her right leg in a road accident in Dhaka’s Chairman Bari area on Friday night, is shifted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital from National Institute of Traumatology & Orthopaedic Rehabilitation (Nitor).
9 killed as bus hits lorry in N’ganj
At least nine people are killed and 29 others injured after a long-haul bus crashed into a lorry on the Dhaka-Chittagong highway in Sonargaon of Narayanganj.
6 including Indian citizen killed in Faridpur road crashes
At least six people, including an Indian citizen, are killed and 22 others injured in separate road accidents in Faridpur.
2 cops killed in Dinajpur road crash
Two policemen are killed as a speedy goods-laden truck hit their motorcycle in Hakimpur upazila of Dinajpur.
AT A GLANCE: Bangladesh road accident fatalities on the rise
At least 2,297 people were killed and 5,480 injured in road accidents in the last six months, a sharp rise in the death toll compared to the same period last year, National Committee to Protect Shipping, Roads and Railways (NCPSRR), an organisation campaigning for safety in the transport sector, says in a report. Move the mouse pointer over the bars of the interactive chart to have a comparative overview.
Road accident deaths to be halved by 2020: Quader
The government is determined to bring down the death toll and number of injures in road accident by 50 percent by the year 2020, Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader tells the parliament.
3 killed in Chittagong road accident
Three people, including a woman, are killed and five others injured in a road accident on Dhaka-Chittagong highway in Sitakunda upazila of Chittagong.
7 killed, 25 hurt in Tangail bus plunge
At least seven people are killed as a passenger bus fell into a ditch on Tangail-Mymensingh Highway at Ghatail upazila in Tangail.
Mother killed in front of six-year-old son
Six-year-old Mohammad Yusuf was holding a pair of sandals of his mother at Dhaka Medical College Hospital yesterday, hoping she would put them on soon.