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 killed and one other injured as a bus ram into a battery-run easy bike in Tangail Sadar upazila on Dhaka-Tangail highway.
Two brothers are killed and three injured as covered van rammed a CNG-run auto-rickshaw on Dhaka-Chittagong highway in Daudkandi upazila of Comilla.
Three people die and three others are injured after a truck and a pickup van collide head-on in Banani area of Dhaka.
Five people including two women were killed as truck rams private car in Nabiganj upazila of Habiganj. Police suspect that all the victims are from the same family.
We cannot agree entirely with the view that road accidents and the resultant deaths do not elicit enough public reaction.
Traffic movement on Dhaka-Chittagong highway remains suspended for two and a half hours as college students block road in port city after truck kills two of their fellows.
Three passengers were killed as a bus hit a banyan tree in Ghoraghat upazila of Dinajpur.
Six people including five prisoners die as two human hauliers collide head-on in Gazipur.
At least three people are killed and 10 others injured as a bus collided head-on with a truck near Bangabandhu Multipurpose Bridge in Kamarkhand upazila of Sirajganj.
Five people are killed and eight injured, three of them critically, when a bus hit a stationed truck on Dhaka-Tangail highway in Mirzapur upazila of Tangail.