Bangladesh Road Crashes | The Daily Star

  • 223 deaths during Eid journey

    At least 223 people die in accidents that took place on road, rail and waterways across the country in 12 days of Eid-ul-Azha journey.

  • Road Crash: Eleven killed in Savar, Thakurgaon

    Eleven people, including seven women, were killed in road accidents in Thakurgaon and Savar yesterday.

  • 8 dead in Thakurgaon road crash

    At least eight people including four women are killed and twenty others injured in a tragic road accident on Thakurgaon-Dhaka highway.

  • Road crashes kill 16 in 3 dists

    Sixteen people are killed and 25 others injured in separate road accidents in Sirajganj, Sunamganj and Natore districts.

  • 2 children killed in Sylhet road crash

    Two children sisters are killed and around 15 others injured when a bus plunges into a roadside ditch at Sylhet-Tamabil highway in Jaintiapur upazila of Sylhet.

  • Students fear their demands won’t be met if they leave street

    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.

  • 2 killed as picnic bus hits truck in Bagerhat

    Two people are killed and eight others injured as a picnic bus hit a stationery truck on Khulna-Bagerhat highway near Hazrat Khan Jahan Ali’s shrine in Bagerhat Sadar upazila early today.

  • Road crash killed 25k in '16: WHO

    At least 24,954 people were killed in road crashes in the country in 2016, according to a World Health Organisation report.

  • Month Since July 29 Deaths: Roads not any safer

    It has been exactly a month since two college students were squashed to death by a bus on the Airport Road that sparked an unprecedented movement by students to demand road safety.

  • Road Accident in Eid Journey 2018

    Road crashes claim eleven more lives

    At least 11 people were killed and several others injured in eight road accidents across the country in 24 hours since Monday night.

  • Cox's Bazar Road accident

    Road crash, then what?

    Violation of rules by transport operators and drivers remains the main cause of fatalities and injuries on roads across the country.

  • Cox's Bazar Road accident

    11 more lives lost in road accidents

    Deaths on roads continued as 11 people were killed and 42 others injured in road crashes in different parts of the country yesterday.

  • Preventing Road Crashes: PM gives a set of directives

    In the wake of scores of deaths on roads, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday issued directives, including drive-time limitations on drivers of long-route vehicles, to prevent accidents and casualties.

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