road safety
National road safety day / Deaths in crashes rising as roads remain unsafe
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.
#Perspective / Is every step a risk? Addressing Dhaka’s road safety crisis
In Dhaka, the symphony of traffic never ceases — rickshaws, buses, and crowds push forward in a relentless tide of movement. Amid this everyday hustle, the city’s roads present a dangerous paradox: they are both lifelines and lethal threats.
Navigating Dhaka’s streets, now with less anxiety! Women’s Shuttle to the rescue
In a city like Dhaka, women often face added difficulties when it comes to finding safe and reliable transportation. For many, commuting daily in the city can feel like navigating a minefield! Moving around is always an ordeal for a large portion of the population.
Must commuters risk their lives every Eid?
The government must take effective actions to prevent road crashes
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
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.
No retreat
Student demonstrators yesterday said they would resume their peaceful protest for safe roads on Sunday to keep pressure on the authorities to implement their promises.
3 killed in Manikganj road crash
Three people are killed in a road accident in Manikganj as a pick-up van collides with a truck coming from the opposite direction on Dhaka-Aricha highway.
'Transport owners, insurers need to be held liable for a lasting change'
On the occasion of the National Road Safety Day today, noted filmmaker Catherine Masud talks to Nahela Nowshin of The Daily Star about her own journey of navigating the justice system, what the recent student-led road safety movement has achieved, and the shortcomings of the recently passed Road Transport Act 2018.
Govt directs authorities to implement measures for ensuring road safety
The government’s high-powered committee on road safety orders all concerned authorities to take effective initiatives in implementing its measures for ensuring road safety across the country including the capital Dhaka.
4 killed in Kushtia, Laxmipur road crashes
Four people are killed and four others injured in separate road accidents in Kushtia and Laxmipur districts.
When will this insanity end?
Unsuspecting people are becoming victims of reckless bus drivers and their killing machines with sickening regularity. Only in the space of 10 days three persons fell victim to wild bus drivers who thought the streets of Dhaka were racing tracks, and consequently, Rajib and Rozina eventually succumbed to their injuries. The case of the latest victim is even more appalling. He is a car driver who was deliberately run over by the driver of a private transport company, when told to stop by the victim after the bus had hit and damaged the car.