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
Road sector is a disaster!
A survey by the Passengers' Welfare Association revealed at least 87 percent of buses and minibuses ply recklessly in violation of traffic rules on the roads of Dhaka, creating chaos.
Make our roads safer
Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader recently said that road management is not responsible for road accidents as a result of vehicles overtaking one another; rather drivers, passengers and transport management are to blame. We would like to point out two things. First, the minister's comments leave out the role of traffic management which is crucial for road safety. And second, road accidents are a result of overall management which includes road, transport and traffic management.
Where is the concern for road safety?
More than 55,000 vehicles, including 3,740 belonging to different ministries and government agencies, have not renewed their fitness certificates for more than a decade, according to official data. One can only assume that the actual number of such vehicles is much greater, even though some on the list may no longer be running according to BRTA.
Thailand drunk drivers face morgue work as punishment
Drunk drivers in Thailand could be sent to work in morgues under a new plan to cut the country's dismal road safety record, officials say.
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.
Cop among 2 killed in Comilla road crash
Two people including a constable of highway police killed and three others injured in a road accident on Dhaka-Chittagong highway in Comilla.
HC presses for road safety
The High Court (HC) ordered the government to implement 28 guidelines by a seven-member expert committee formed under a court order...
Man dies crushed between buses in Jatrabari
A middle-aged man dies crushed between two buses while trying to board one of them near Jatrabari crossing in Dhaka.
3 of a family killed in Jamalpur microbus plunge
Three of a family killed, four injured as a microbus plunges into a roadside ditch in Bakshiganj upazila of Jamalpur.
CNG drivers cripple highways protesting ban
CNG auto-rickshaw drivers and owners continue their protest against the ban on their vehicles from plying on the highways.