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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11 more lives lost in road accidents
Deaths on roads continued as 11 people were killed and 42 others injured in road crashes in different parts of the country yesterday.
Preventing Road Crashes: PM gives a set of directives
In the wake of scores of deaths on roads, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday issued directives, including drive-time limitations on drivers of long-route vehicles, to prevent accidents and casualties.
Road Crashes: Tragedies on for inaction
Come road tragedies, come rhetorical reactions. Probe committees are formed, recommendations made and all left to be forgotten till the next major crashes.
Road crashes in 8 districts leave 35 dead
At least 35 people are killed and 82 others injured in road accidents in eight districts. Among the victims, 16 are killed in Gaibandha, six in Rangpur, two each in Natore, Gopalganj, Sirajganj, Faridpur, Laxmipur districts and one in Savar of Dhaka district.
Road crashes kill 6 in Sirajganj, Nilphamari
Six people are killed and 17 injured in two separate road accidents in Sirajganj and Nilphamari districts.
Road Accidents: Sharp rise in fatalities
At least 2,297 people were killed and 5,480 injured in road accidents in the last six months, a sharp rise in the death toll compared to the same period last year, said an organisation campaigning for safety in the transport sector.
15 killed in road crashes
In a reunion full of elation, Halim Akand was received by four members of his family on his return from Saudi Arabia early yesterday.
3 killed in separate road crashes in Dhaka
Two men and a woman have been killed in three separate road crashes in the capital today.
Transport owners to be punished for road crashes: Quader
Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader holds transport owners responsible for road crashes and indiscipline in the sector and says they will soon be brought under the purview of punishment.
Highway speed limit 50 in foggy weather
To prevent road crashes, the government has lowered the speed limit to 50kmph on highways during foggy weather, despite the fact that similar decisions on road safety remain unimplemented for years.