Road Transport Act
Road Transport Act 2018: Govt moves to relax punishment, fines
Overloading, modification of vehicles to be made bailable offences; vehicle owners must insure passengers
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.
Compensation For Death, Injury: Road crash victims can now legally claim it
The family of a person killed in a road crash due to reckless or negligent driving will get at least Tk 5 lakh in compensation.
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.
Man posing as PBI official fined for trying to cross Padma Bridge with motorbike
A man was fined Tk 11,000 as he was trying to cross Padma Bridge on motorcycle, posing as an official of Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI), earlier today (July 8, 2022).
‘Don’t file any case under road transport act within a week’
Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader says mass awareness campaign will be continued across the country for a week and asked the authorities concerned not to file any case during the time under the new Road and Transport Act that went into effect yesterday.
New law will ensure speedy trial of road crashes: Minister
The government is in the process of enacting a new law that will ensure speedy trial of road crashes, Law Minister Anisul Huq says.
Road transport act to be placed before cabinet next week: Quader
Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader says the long-awaited road transport act will be placed before the next week’s cabinet meeting and the draft act is expected to be passed in the next parliamentary session.
Workshop in April for finalising road transport act
A national workshop will be organised in April to finalise the draft of road transport act, Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader says today.
Road Transport Act 2018: Govt moves to relax punishment, fines
Overloading, modification of vehicles to be made bailable offences; vehicle owners must insure passengers
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.
Compensation For Death, Injury: Road crash victims can now legally claim it
The family of a person killed in a road crash due to reckless or negligent driving will get at least Tk 5 lakh in compensation.
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.
Man posing as PBI official fined for trying to cross Padma Bridge with motorbike
A man was fined Tk 11,000 as he was trying to cross Padma Bridge on motorcycle, posing as an official of Police Bureau of Investigation (PBI), earlier today (July 8, 2022).
‘Don’t file any case under road transport act within a week’
Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader says mass awareness campaign will be continued across the country for a week and asked the authorities concerned not to file any case during the time under the new Road and Transport Act that went into effect yesterday.
New law will ensure speedy trial of road crashes: Minister
The government is in the process of enacting a new law that will ensure speedy trial of road crashes, Law Minister Anisul Huq says.
Road transport act to be placed before cabinet next week: Quader
Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader says the long-awaited road transport act will be placed before the next week’s cabinet meeting and the draft act is expected to be passed in the next parliamentary session.
Workshop in April for finalising road transport act
A national workshop will be organised in April to finalise the draft of road transport act, Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader says 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.