road accidents
BRTA licence-seekers deserve better service
The authority needs to get its act together, start operating efficiently
National road safety day / Deaths in crashes rising as roads remain unsafe
As of September this year, road crashes and fatalities have seen a year-on-year increase of more than 10 percent, according to government data.
Must commuters risk their lives every Eid?
The government must take effective actions to prevent road crashes
Motorcycles, easy bikes major causes of road accidents: Quader
Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader today said motorcycles and easy bikes are causing the highest number of road accidents across the country
When will sanity return to our roads?
What we need is strict implementation of our existing regulations.
News Analysis: Road safety a pipe dream?
Every time there is a major road accident, some issues inevitably come to the fore: either the vehicles involved do not have the required documents or the drivers are without valid licences or both.
Road Accidents: Casualties keep mounting for indiscipline
Indiscipline continues to reign supreme on the roads, taking a heavy toll on lives and properties, as the government’s steps to address the malaise remain perfunctory, experts said.
We need reliable official data on road crashes
Reliable data key to preventing road crashes and casualties
Column by Mahfuz Anam: Not road accidents, but ‘murder’ by neglect
A death is an accident only when it occurs in spite of all logical, scientific and experience-based steps taken to prevent it.
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Small vehicles shoot up, so do accidents
A sharp and unregulated growth of vehicles, especially motorcycles and three-wheelers, over the last few years has resulted in a spike in the numbers of road crashes and casualties.
519 people died in 458 accidents in August: Road Safety Foundation
At least 519 people died and 961 suffered injuries in 458 accidents across the country in August this year, Road Safety Foundation, a non-government organisation, said in a press release today (September 3, 2022).
641 people killed in 528 accidents in May
At least 641 people were killed and 1,364 injured in 528 road accidents across the country in May, according to Road Safety Foundation.
Road accidents claim lives of 1674 children in Jan 2020-Apr 2022
At least 1,674 children (between one month and 18-year-old) died in road accidents across the country between January 2020 and April 2022, according to Road Safety Foundation.
World Bank approves $358m for safer roads in Bangladesh
World Bank today approved $358 million to help Bangladesh improve road safety, and reduce fatalities and injuries from road accidents in selected high-risk highways and district roads.
1,890 killed in road accidents in 5 months
At least 1,890 people have been killed and 3,543 others injured in road accidents in the first five months of this year.
Road crashes kill 5 in Dinajpur, Feni
At least five people including two of a family are killed in separate road accidents in Dinajpur and Feni.
Seven killed in two road accidents
At least seven people, including three students, were killed in road accidents in Narsingdi and Dhaka yesterday.
3 students die in road accidents
Two school students and one college student were killed in separate road accidents in Rajbari and Barishal yesterday.