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.
Two people are killed in a head-on collision between a bus and a covered van on Dhaka-Mymensingh highway in Gazipur.
At least nine people were killed and several others injured in road accidents in Gopalganj, Munshiganj and Chuadanga.
Three people including two garment workers are killed and 10 injured in a head-on collision between two buses on Dhaka-Rangpur highway in Shibganj upazila of Bogra.
Two including a cop dies and several others suffer burns after a police-requisitioned van caught fire after being hit by a truck in Chauddagram upazila of Comilla.
Three people are killed and three others injured as a bus of the state-owned Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation (BRTC) hit them on the Dhaka-Mymensingh highway at Sripur upazila in Mymensingh.
Five people are killed and over 50 injured in a road accident involving two buses and a truck on Hatikumrul-Bonpara highway in Tarash upazila in Sirajganj.
At least three passengers are injured as a bus plunged into a water body from Kuril flyover in Dhaka.
Six fish traders are killed and seven injured as a truck carrying them overturns on Dhaka-Chittagong highway in Comilla Sadar upazila.
Three of a family killed, four injured as a microbus plunges into a roadside ditch in Bakshiganj upazila of Jamalpur.
A man is killed and at least three others are injured after a train crashed into a lorry in Sitakunda upazila of Chittagong.