Bangladesh road accidents

Structural killings, not road ‘accidents’

Regular deaths on the highways of Bangladesh have become quite a "normal" thing.

Safe roads before smart cities

Time to put people’s safety at the heart of policymaking

Road accidents eat up over 1.5pc of GDP

Over 80 percent of the 7,713 road crash victims last year were aged between 18 and 65 years, the most productive segment of the population, Road Safety Foundation said yesterday.

Result, not rhetoric, is key for road safety

New RTA rules can improve safety if properly enforced

Small vehicles shoot up, so do accidents

A sharp and unregulated growth of vehicles, especially motorcycles and three-wheelers, over the last few years has resulted in a spike in the numbers of road crashes and casualties.

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.

7-yr-old runs to rail tracks while playing, train runs over

A seven-year-old boy was killed after a train ran over him in Dhaka’s Moghbazar Wireless area this afternoon (August 8, 2022).

Two die in truck-covered van collision in Sirajganj

Two people were killed and two others were injured in a head-on collision between a truck and a covered van in Tarash upazila of Sirajganj early today.

Two killed in separate road accidents in Dhaka

Two persons died in separate accidents in Dhaka’s Bhatara and Tikatuli areas early today.

January 17, 2024
January 17, 2024

Structural killings, not road ‘accidents’

Regular deaths on the highways of Bangladesh have become quite a "normal" thing.

January 9, 2023
January 9, 2023

Safe roads before smart cities

Time to put people’s safety at the heart of policymaking

January 8, 2023
January 8, 2023

Road accidents eat up over 1.5pc of GDP

Over 80 percent of the 7,713 road crash victims last year were aged between 18 and 65 years, the most productive segment of the population, Road Safety Foundation said yesterday.

January 3, 2023
January 3, 2023

Result, not rhetoric, is key for road safety

New RTA rules can improve safety if properly enforced

January 3, 2023
January 3, 2023

Small vehicles shoot up, so do accidents

A sharp and unregulated growth of vehicles, especially motorcycles and three-wheelers, over the last few years has resulted in a spike in the numbers of road crashes and casualties.

January 2, 2023
January 2, 2023

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.

August 8, 2022
August 8, 2022

7-yr-old runs to rail tracks while playing, train runs over

A seven-year-old boy was killed after a train ran over him in Dhaka’s Moghbazar Wireless area this afternoon (August 8, 2022).

November 2, 2020
November 2, 2020

Two die in truck-covered van collision in Sirajganj

Two people were killed and two others were injured in a head-on collision between a truck and a covered van in Tarash upazila of Sirajganj early today.

October 8, 2020
October 8, 2020

Two killed in separate road accidents in Dhaka

Two persons died in separate accidents in Dhaka’s Bhatara and Tikatuli areas early today.

August 16, 2020
August 16, 2020

2 college students killed as bus hits their motorcycle in Dhamrai

Two college students have been killed after a speeding bus knocked down their motorcycle in Dhaka's Dhamrai area.

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