Regular deaths on the highways of Bangladesh have become quite a "normal" thing.
Time to put people’s safety at the heart of policymaking
Over 80 percent of the 7,713 road crash victims last year were aged between 18 and 65 years, the most productive segment of the population, Road Safety Foundation said yesterday.
New RTA rules can improve safety if properly enforced
A sharp and unregulated growth of vehicles, especially motorcycles and three-wheelers, over the last few years has resulted in a spike in the numbers of road crashes and casualties.
The family of a person killed in a road crash due to reckless or negligent driving will get at least Tk 5 lakh in compensation.
A seven-year-old boy was killed after a train ran over him in Dhaka’s Moghbazar Wireless area this afternoon (August 8, 2022).
Two people were killed and two others were injured in a head-on collision between a truck and a covered van in Tarash upazila of Sirajganj early today.
Two persons died in separate accidents in Dhaka’s Bhatara and Tikatuli areas early today.
Four people including a police officer have been killed after a bus hit a truck stationed on the Dhaka-Khulna highway in Gopalganj Sadar upazila.
Noted human rights activist Sultana Kamal says the number of deaths in road accident is increasing alarmingly due to the mismanagement of the government and the transport owners.
Five people are killed and 11 others injured in separate road accidents in Rampal upazila of Bagerhat and Gozaria upazila of Munshiganj.
On Thursday, a Victor Classic Paribahan bus ran over and killed singer and music composer Parvez Rob, when he was trying to board another bus in the capital’s Turag area.
Four people are killed in two separate road accidents in Bogura’s Sherpur upazila.
A policeman is killed as a bus hit his motorcycle in Bandarban town.
Eight people are killed and 18 injured as a bus plunged into a roadside ditch on Dhaka-Khulna Highway in Faridpur Sadar upazila.
Road Transport and Bridges Minister says they are considering to form a taskforce to curb road accidents and bring discipline in the transport sector.
At least three people are killed and 15 others injured in a road accident on the Thakurgaon-Panchagarh highway in Thakurgaon Sadar upazila.
At least seven people are killed and two others critically injured in a road accident involving a CNG-run auto-rickshaw and a bus in Lalmai upazila of Cumilla.
