road accident
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?
Don’t allow unfit vehicles on roads
Amid rising road crashes, the Police Headquarters has instructed all its field-level units not to allow any vehicles without fitness clearances to operate.
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
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
NRSC rejects proposal to ban bikes on highways
The National Road Safety Council (NRSC) approved the National Road Safety Strategic Action Plan (2021-24) to reduce road crashes by 25 percent within 2024 and by 50 percent within 2030.
Woman crushed to death between two buses in Gulistan
A woman was crushed to death between two buses in Dhaka’s Gulistan area today.
7-yr-old runs to rail tracks while playing, train runs over
A seven-year-old boy was killed after a train ran over him in Dhaka’s Moghbazar Wireless area this afternoon (August 8, 2022).
The coaching centre falls silent after Mirsharai accident
The coaching centre fell silent after it lost 10 teachers and students in a train-microbus collision in Chattogram's Mirsharai yesterday (July 29, 2022).
Mirsharai tragedy: Funeral of 9 held
Namaz-e-janaza of five of the 11 teachers and students, who died after a train hit their microbus on a level crossing at Mirsharaiupazila of Chattogram, was held this (July 30, 2022) morning.
A tragic miracle: Woman gives birth before breathing her last in road accident
In a tragic event that unfolded in Trishal area of Mymensingh, an eight-months-pregnant woman gave birth to a baby girl today (July 16, 2022) before succumbing to her injuries after a truck ran her over while she was crossing a road.
“Puja's birthday today”: Laments father of deceased Atomic Energy official
The family of Puja Sarkar, a scientist at Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission, who was killed in a road accident last Sunday at Boliarpur on the Dhaka-Aricha Highway in Savar, is still lamenting the untimely death of their daughter as today was her birthday.
9 killed in three-way collision: Bus driver arrested
Bhatiapara Highway Police today arrested a driver of Rajib Paribahan on charges of killing nine people and injuring 25 others in a road accident on Saturday.
9 killed in bus, private car, motorcycle collision
At least nine people, including five members of two families, were killed and 25 others injured in a three-way collision among a passenger bus, private car and motorcycle in Kashiani upazila of Gopalganj today (May 14, 2022).
Eid journey home: Largely hassle-free, yet 40 die on roads
People’s Eid journey home was unusually smooth with less hassle than before but crashes claimed at least 40 lives during the holidays.
