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.
Police claimed to have arrested the bus driver of “Mohammad Ali Paribahan” linked to an accident in which Feroz Sarker, a Rajshahi College student, lost his forearm recently.
At least five people have been killed in separate road accidents in Rangpur and Gopalganj districts.
At least five people have been killed and 17 others injured in separate road accidents in Natore and Faridpur.
The High Court directs the authorities concerned to take steps for dope and vision tests of drivers before giving them licenses to run vehicles.
At least 298 people were killed and 860 injured in accidents on roads and highways and rail and water ways while travelling during the Eid-ul-Fitr festival, Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity says.
Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader informs parliament that around 25,526 people were killed and 19,763 others were injured in road accidents in the last 10 years since 2009.
At least seven people are killed and 33 others injured in separate road accidents in Sirajganj and Narayanganj districts.
A young man is killed after a private car ran him over in Dhaka’s Mirpur area.
Separate road crashes in Bagerhat, Rajshahi and Dhaka’s outskirts Savar claim the lives of at least 7 people and injured 12 others this morning.
At least five people have been killed and 16 injured when a speeding bus overturned and fell into a ditch on Bogura-Rangpur highway in Gaibandha early today.
