road crashes

Must commuters risk their lives every Eid?

The government must take effective actions to prevent road crashes

Instant Reaction / Barring unfit vehicles an unimplementable order

The Police Headquarters yesterday instructed all its field level units not to allow any vehicles without fitness clearance to operate on the roads. But is it implementable?

Don’t allow unfit vehicles on roads

Amid rising road crashes, the Police Headquarters has instructed all its field-level units not to allow any vehicles without fitness clearances to operate.

Sunken ferry brings forth winter travel concerns

Reduced visibility should not mean reduced preparation

News Analysis: Road safety a pipe dream?

Every time there is a major road accident, some issues inevitably come to the fore: either the vehicles involved do not have the required documents or the drivers are without valid licences or both.

Give us road crash data before publishing, BRTA asks road safety orgs

The government has asked the non-government organisations working on road safety to inform the authorities concerned before releasing data on road crashes and casualties.

A sheer waste of public money

Why were the trauma centres built if they were to be left unused?

Small vehicles shoot up, so do accidents

A sharp and unregulated growth of vehicles, especially motorcycles and three-wheelers, over the last few years has resulted in a spike in the numbers of road crashes and casualties.

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August 16, 2019
August 16, 2019

Road crashes claim 20 lives

At least 20 people were killed and 82 others injured in separate road accidents in eight districts yesterday. Of the 20 dead, seven were killed in Feni, four in Faridpur, three in Kishoreganj, two in Sirajganj, and one each in Gopalganj, Mymensingh, Barishal and Tangail.

June 13, 2019
June 13, 2019

Road Crashes 25,526 killed in last 10 yrs

A total 25,526 people got killed while 19,763 suffered injuries in road accidents over the past decade, Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader said yesterday.

June 7, 2019
June 7, 2019

Road crashes kill 30 during Eid holidays

At least 30 people have been killed and 104 others injured in road accidents throughout the country in the last three days of Eid-ul-Fitr occasion.

April 1, 2019
April 1, 2019

Six killed in road crashes

At least six people, including a man and his three-year-old daughter, were killed in separate road accidents in Chattrogram, Satkhira, Faridpur and Sherpur yesterday.

March 29, 2019
March 29, 2019

Crashes On Highways: 19 killed in three dists

The number of deaths in road accidents is getting larger as 19 more people, including three of a family, were killed and 59 others injured in road crashes in Chattogram, Madaripur and Jashore yesterday.

March 27, 2019
March 27, 2019

Road crashes claim 4 lives

Four people, including two schoolgirls, were killed and seven others injured in road crashes in Cumilla, Dinajpur and Jhalakathi yesterday.

March 22, 2019
March 22, 2019

Road crashes kill eight in six dists

Eight people, including a woman and her daughter, were killed and six others injured in road accidents in six districts yesterday.

February 4, 2019
February 4, 2019

Road crashes claim 9 lives in four dists

At least nine people were killed and 19 injured in separate road accidents across the country yesterday.

December 8, 2018
December 8, 2018

Seven killed in two road accidents

At least seven people, including three students, were killed in road accidents in Narsingdi and Dhaka yesterday.

November 23, 2018
November 23, 2018

6 killed in Khulna, Feni, Lamonirhat road crashes

Six people including a couple are killed in separate road accidents in Khulna, Feni and Lalmonirhat.