road accident

Five killed in three-way collision in Kishoreganj

The accident took place on Dhaka-Sylhet highway in Jagannathpur area around 10:00am

4 killed as bus, pickup collide

Four people were killed in a head-on collision between a bus and a pickup truck in Tangail’s Madhupur upazila early yesterday.

Banker killed as rickshaw crushed in bus-truck collision

A man was killed and another injured when a battery-run rickshaw was crushed following a head-on collision between a bus and a truck in Dhaka's Paltan area early yesterday.

BU student’s death in road crash: Bus driver arrested

The students of the university blocked Barishal-Kuakata-Barguna-Bhola regional routes protesting the accident

Six die as truck, three-wheeler collide

Six people were killed as a CNG-run auto-rickshaw collided head-on with a truck on Itakhola-Monohardi road in Narsingdi’s Shibpur upazila yesterday afternoon.

Eid journey: Road crashes kill 262 people in 13 days

At least 262 people were killed and 543 were injured in 251 road crashes in the 13 days centring the Eid-ul-Azha holiday, Road Safety Foundation said today

708 killed in 683 road accidents in April: report

At least 708 people were killed and 2,426 injured in 683 road crashes last month, Bangladesh Jatri Klyan Samity said today

Why can’t road crashes be curbed?

The Road Transport and Highways Division has called a meeting tomorrow with the divisional commissioners and deputy inspector general of ranges to find out why the number of road crashes cannot be controlled.

Instant Reaction / Barring unfit vehicles an unimplementable order

The Police Headquarters yesterday instructed all its field level units not to allow any vehicles without fitness clearance to operate on the roads. But is it implementable?

April 20, 2024
April 20, 2024

Road crash near HSIA: Bus driver arrested

Rapid Action Battalion arrested the driver of Raida Paribahan bus that rammed a motorcycle near Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka killing an engineer of Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh yesterday

April 20, 2024
April 20, 2024

CAAB engineer killed as bus rams his bike

An engineer at CAAB died yesterday after a bus rammed his motorcycle near the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka before crashing through the boundary wall in front of the airport’s third terminal.

April 18, 2024
April 18, 2024

14 die as truck ploughs into five vehicles

A car and three battery-run auto-rickshaws were crawling in a queue to pay the toll for the Gabkhan Bridge in Jhalakathi around 1:30pm yesterday.

April 17, 2024
April 17, 2024

14 killed as truck ploughs through multiple vehicles in Jhalakathi

It is suspected that the truck driver lost control over his vehicle due to a brake failure

April 16, 2024
April 16, 2024

Eid journey turns tragic for many

Amid the Eid-ul-Fitr and Pahela Baishakh celebrations, there were families who had to mourn the loved ones killed in road accidents and similar incidents.

April 8, 2024
April 8, 2024

Road crashes, fatalities rise steeply from January

The numbers of road accidents and deaths saw a sharp rise in the first three months of this year compared to the corresponding period last year. Experts blamed the spike on the authorities’ failure to implement specific measures and a lack of commitment to ensure road safety.

April 4, 2024
April 4, 2024

Eid shopping turns tragic: 2 teens, auto-rickshaw driver killed in road crash

Three people, including two students, were killed and two others injured when a bus hits a battery-run auto-rickshaw in Rangpur city last night

March 20, 2024
March 20, 2024

555 killed in road accidents in February: Jatri Kalyan Samity

At least 555 people were killed and 1,031 were injured in 503 road crashes across the country last month, Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity said today

February 19, 2024
February 19, 2024

3 labourers killed as truck hits three-wheeler on Dhaka-Tangail highway

Three labourers were killed and two others injured as a truck rammed an autorickshaw on ​​the Dhaka-Tangail highway in Gazipur's Kaliakoir upazila early today

February 7, 2024
February 7, 2024

4 die as bus goes against traffic, runs over three-wheelers, bike

At least four people were killed and six others injured when a bus,  going on the wrong side of Dinajpur-Rangpur highway, ploughed into pedestrians and hit two rickshaw vans and a motorcycle in Ranirbandar area of Chirirbandar, Dinajpur, yesterday.