road accident

5 killed as three-wheeler, dumper truck collide in Cox's Bazar

All the victims were the passengers of the CNG-run auto-rickshaw

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.

May 27, 2019
May 27, 2019

Road Accident Cases: Conviction in only 5pc cases

Hours after Ataul Islam died in a road crash on October 12 last year, his family filed a case against the driver hoping to get justice. But Sub-inspector Riazul Islam got in the way.

May 15, 2019
May 15, 2019

HC directs Green Line to pay Russel in full

Green Line Paribahan has been ordered to pay remainder of the Tk 45 lakh compensation to Russel Sarker, the man who lost a leg under a bus of the company back in April last year.

May 6, 2019
May 6, 2019

Additional IGP killed in road crash in Congo

Police additional IGP Rowshan Ara Begum has been killed in road crash in Congo, police headquarter says.

April 26, 2019
April 26, 2019

Another young life lost on road

She was on track to be an engineer and make her family’s dream come true. But her life was cut short by a road crash yesterday.

April 21, 2019
April 21, 2019

Seven killed in road crashes

Seven people, including a three-year old, were killed in road crashes in Mymensingh, Dinajpur and Chattogram yesterday.

April 19, 2019
April 19, 2019

Road Accident: Critically injured NGO official to be operated

A senior official of the Save the Children Bangladesh has been admitted to the intensive care unit of a hospital after he was hit by a truck in the capital’s Jurain area on Saturday.

April 15, 2019
April 15, 2019

Man killed in road accident

A man is killed in a road incident in Dhaka’s Jatrabari area.

April 12, 2019
April 12, 2019

Cop killed in Narayanganj road crash

A police officer is killed after a lorry runs him over on the Dhaka-Chattogram highway at Bandar upazila of Narayanganj.

April 12, 2019
April 12, 2019

8 killed as bus falls into ditch in Joypurhat

At least eight people including three children are killed and around 15 injured as a bus falls into a roadside ditch in Sadar upazila of Joypurhat.

April 10, 2019
April 10, 2019

The dos and don'ts of handling emergency situations

Over the past two decades of working in the risk-consulting business, two things have become apparent to me: (i) after every major incident, we suddenly become very worried and conscious about lack of safety, and (ii) we forget all about our worries in about a week.