road safety
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.
The constant terror of road crashes
Will we ever see an end to this menace?
Government's fatal apathy towards road safety
What’s most appalling is how common these violations of crucial road safety measures are in our country
How to lower road travel speed and save lives
Managing travel speeds on the roads of Asia and the Pacific will save lives and avoid costly, often debilitating, injuries.
Will road safety remain a mirage?
We have yet to see the full implementation of the Road Transport Act, 2018, even though five years have passed since its passage in parliament
Passenger Rights Day / Road safety barely an afterthought
The transport sector in Bangladesh is plagued by irregularities, lawlessness, unreasonable fares, and passenger distress
How to reclaim flyovers as people-centric ‘green’ infrastructure
Characterised by a culture of ad hocism, these valuable urban lands below elevated road infrastructures rarely reach their full potential.
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.
The undelivered promise of road safety
Govt attitude must change for such tragedies to end
Road Safety in Bangladesh: Demanded, yet Undelivered
On this week, 4 years ago, school and college students protested to ensure road safety for all.
Road crashes getting worse every day
Did the demands of the road safety movement fall on deaf ears?
Road safety movement: Four years on, road fatalities keep rising
Four years ago today, two students were killed when a bus, competing with another to get passengers, ploughed into a crowd.
Let’s keep our roads safe this Eid holiday
During the last Eid vacation, there were 283 road accidents.
Another road crash, another pointless tragedy
Govt must enforce the transport act, make roads safer
RHD to introduce country’s 1st road operation unit: Highway management set to improve
The Roads and Highways Department (RHD) is going establish a dedicated Road Operation Unit (ROU) for the first time to manage and monitor a national highway efficiently.
Has anything changed about road safety since 2018?
Road accidents leading to deaths have become a norm.
A Year Since Road Safety Demo: Lofty promises, little action
After last year’s unprecedented demonstration for safer roads, different government bodies, police, and transport leaders made a series of lofty promises.
AI-powered digital Dhaka: A step towards safer roads
Gaze Technology, owned by a team of young Bangladeshi students has devised a project to manage the traffic of Dhaka and make the roads safer.
111 draft recommendations of Road Safety Committee!
If numbers are meant to impress, one must admit that the latest report of the latest committee on road safety, albeit in draft form presently, is a voluminous document deserving our praise.
