road crash

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.

National Road Safety Day / System reforms needed to deal with transport crisis

The core problem lies in the fragmented ownership of public transport.

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.

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

The constant terror of road crashes

Will we ever see an end to this menace?

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

Sunamganj’s famous singer Pagol Hasan among two killed in bus-autorickshaw collision

Famous singer Pagol Hasan was among two people killed in a head-on collision between a bus and a CNG-run auto-rickshaw in Sunamganj's Chhatak upazila this morning.

Musician Pagol Hasan killed in road accident

In a tragic accident in Sunamganj's Chhatak, a head-on collision between a bus and a CNG-powered auto-rickshaw resulted in the deaths of two individuals, including popular musician Pagol Hasan.

When will sanity return to our roads?

What we need is strict implementation of our existing regulations.

December 27, 2015
December 27, 2015

4 killed as truck rams private car in Sylhet

At least four people are killed as a truck rammed a private car in Sylhet city.

December 21, 2015
December 21, 2015

4 killed as bus, truck collide in Pabna

At least four people are killed and 20 others injured after a bus-truck collision on Dhaka-Pabna highway in Sujanagar upazila of Pabna.

December 18, 2015
December 18, 2015

2 killed as truck hit motorbike in Kushtia

Two people are killed and one injured when speeding a truck hit their motorcycle in Kushtia Sadar upazila.

December 17, 2015
December 17, 2015

Truck turns over in Bandarban, 7 killed

Seven people are killed and eight others injured after a truck overturns in Bandarban’s Lama upazila. Four of them killed instantly crushed under the heavy construction materials that the truck was carrying. Police and district officials are en route to visit the spot.

December 15, 2015
December 15, 2015

4-vehicle pile-up in Rajshahi kills 7 (video)

At least seven passengers are killed and 30 injured in a four-vehicle pile-up after a head-on collision between two buses in Rajshahi city.

December 13, 2015
December 13, 2015

Journalist Faruk buried at Azimpur graveyard

Journalist Abdullah Al Faruk is buried at Azimpur graveyard following three namaz-e-janazas.

December 9, 2015
December 9, 2015

RU teacher killed in road crash

A professor of Rajshahi University is killed when a pickup van of Sundarban Courier Service rammed his motorbike in Natore town.

December 9, 2015
December 9, 2015

2 businessmen crushed under truck after ‘robbery’

Two vegetable traders are crushed under the wheels of a speeding truck after they were left, with their hands and legs tied, allegedly by robbers in Savar, on the outskirts of Dhaka.

December 8, 2015
December 8, 2015

RMG workers block road, vandalise 3 buses

Workers of three garment factories block a road at Kamalapur in Dhaka and vandalise at least three buses while protesting the death of their colleague in a road accident.

November 24, 2015
November 24, 2015

5 killed as truck hits auto-rickshaw in Comilla

Five people are killed and another is injured as a truck hits a CNG-run auto-rickshaw on Comilla-Noakhali regional highway at Fatehpur in Laksam upazila of Comilla.