The act mentions a trust fund for victims, but it took four years after its passing for the fund to be set up.
The core problem lies in the fragmented ownership of public transport.
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.
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
Will we ever see an end to this menace?
What’s most appalling is how common these violations of crucial road safety measures are in our country
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.
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.
What we need is strict implementation of our existing regulations.
At least four people are killed as a truck rammed a private car in Sylhet city.
At least four people are killed and 20 others injured after a bus-truck collision on Dhaka-Pabna highway in Sujanagar upazila of Pabna.
Two people are killed and one injured when speeding a truck hit their motorcycle in Kushtia Sadar upazila.
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.
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.
Journalist Abdullah Al Faruk is buried at Azimpur graveyard following three namaz-e-janazas.
A professor of Rajshahi University is killed when a pickup van of Sundarban Courier Service rammed his motorbike in Natore town.
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.
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.
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.