Road Safety Act

National Road Safety Day / System reforms needed to deal with transport crisis

The core problem lies in the fragmented ownership of public transport.

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.

Wheels in motion for new road safety act

Amid growing concerns over the large number of lives lost in crashes, the government has taken a step to enact a new law on road safety.  

PM to inaugurate compensation scheme for road crash victims on Oct 22

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate the compensation programme for the road accident victims on October 22, which is also the National Road Safety Day

Who is to blame for unsafe roads?

Our policymakers’ apathy is the real problem

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.

October 22, 2024
October 22, 2024

System reforms needed to deal with transport crisis

The core problem lies in the fragmented ownership of public transport.

February 3, 2024
February 3, 2024

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.

January 28, 2024
January 28, 2024

Wheels in motion for new road safety act

Amid growing concerns over the large number of lives lost in crashes, the government has taken a step to enact a new law on road safety.  

August 20, 2023
August 20, 2023

PM to inaugurate compensation scheme for road crash victims on Oct 22

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will inaugurate the compensation programme for the road accident victims on October 22, which is also the National Road Safety Day

March 21, 2023
March 21, 2023

Who is to blame for unsafe roads?

Our policymakers’ apathy is the real problem

July 29, 2022
July 29, 2022

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.