road acccident

National Road Safety Day / Compensation mechanism for road crashes still unclear

The act mentions a trust fund for victims, but it took four years after its passing for the fund to be set up.

Eid Rush Accidents: BRTA finds 10 reasons, shoulders no blame

Bangladesh Road Transport Authority has identified 10 factors contributing to the sharp rise in the number of deaths in road crashes during the Eid holidays.

Eid Holiday: Road crashes, casualties jump

The Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity reported a significant increase in road crashes, fatalities, and injuries during this year’s Eid travel compared to last year.

Government's fatal apathy towards road safety

What’s most appalling is how common these violations of crucial road safety measures are in our country

District family planning official among 19 dead in bus crash

The acting deputy director of the district family planning office in Gopalganj was one of 19 people killed after an Emad Paribahan bus fell into a ditch this morning in Madaripur's Shibchar upazila.

Road Safety: A new definition of luxury?

Five members of a family, including two children, were crushed to death by a girder of the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT), because the crane carrying the heavy load, toppled midway due to an ‘unexplained’ reason, which is still under the investigations.

Let’s keep our roads safe this Eid holiday

During the last Eid vacation, there were 283 road accidents.

543 people killed in 427 accidents in April: Road Safety Foundation

At least 543 people were killed and 612 were injured in 427 road accidents across the country in April, Road Safety Foundation, a non-government organisation, said in a press release today (May 7, 2022).

How will an Intelligent Transport System be implemented?

The Roads and Highways Department is going to establish a dedicated Road Operation Unit (ROU) to manage and monitor the Joydebpur-Rangpur highway efficiently.

April 7, 2017
April 7, 2017

Woman killed in Dhaka road accident

A woman is killed after a bus runs over her in Airport area of Dhaka.

April 22, 2016
April 22, 2016

Reckless driving continues to kill

The fatal road crash in Rangpur, caused apparently by rash driving of a coach helper, once again points to the worsening state of lawlessness prevailing in the transport sector.

February 1, 2016
February 1, 2016

SSC examinee among 2 killed in Mymensingh road crashes

Two people including a female SSC examinee are killed in separate road accidents in Mymensingh today.

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