public safety

Ambivalence towards road safety: How many deaths are too many deaths?

From what we see, read and experience, there is no accountability or oversight in the roads and highways sector.

Dhaka’s risky streets with kids driving buses, human hauliers

In any country, one has to be an adult to qualify as a driver. But in Bangladesh, one does not have to obey that law to become a driver – and that literally means it is “allowed”.

US nuclear missile damaged in silo by airmen in 2014

Maintenance errors by three airmen damaged a nuclear-armed missile in its silo in 2014, the US Air Force says.

Jihad's death: Railway engineer gets bail on surrender

A Dhaka court grants bail to the railway engineer who was charged over death of four-year-old Jihad who died after falling into a deep well last year.

August 18, 2022
August 18, 2022

Ambivalence towards road safety: How many deaths are too many deaths?

From what we see, read and experience, there is no accountability or oversight in the roads and highways sector.

March 16, 2016
March 16, 2016

Dhaka’s risky streets with kids driving buses, human hauliers

In any country, one has to be an adult to qualify as a driver. But in Bangladesh, one does not have to obey that law to become a driver – and that literally means it is “allowed”.

January 23, 2016
January 23, 2016

US nuclear missile damaged in silo by airmen in 2014

Maintenance errors by three airmen damaged a nuclear-armed missile in its silo in 2014, the US Air Force says.

May 21, 2015
May 21, 2015

Jihad's death: Railway engineer gets bail on surrender

A Dhaka court grants bail to the railway engineer who was charged over death of four-year-old Jihad who died after falling into a deep well last year.