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.
A college student is killed when a truck rammed his motorbike in Banani area of Dhaka.
A police official is killed after a bus hit him at Biman Bandar bus station on Airport Road in Dhaka.
Locals block Dhaka-Mawa highway for three hours after two people including a JSC examinee were crushed under the wheels of a bus in Sirajdikhan upazila of Munshiganj this morning.
Separate road accidents in Habiganj and Moulvibazar districts leave six people killed and five others injured.
Nine people are killed and eight injured in separate road crashes in Dhaka, Rajshahi and Dinajpur districts in 12 hours till this morning.
Four people are killed as an unspecified vehicle rams a CNG-run auto-rickshaw on the Dhaka-Chittagong highway in Siddhirganj upazila of Narayanganj.
The World Health Organisation (WHO) estimates that total 21,316 people died across Bangladesh in just a year – 2012 – while pedestrians account to 32 percent of the total casualty.
Four people are killed and three injured as a bus hit a human hauler on Dhaka-Tangail highway in Kaliakoir upazila of Gazipur.
Two garment workers were killed in separate road accidents in Ashulia on the outskirts of Dhaka.
Seven people are killed in Chittagong’s Mirsharai upazila after a truck veered off the road and landed into a roadside ditch. The incident takes place on the Dhaka-Chittagong highway’s Sonapahar area around 5:30am.