Dhaka Airport Road Accident
Road crash near HSIA: Bus driver arrested
Rapid Action Battalion arrested the driver of Raida Paribahan bus that rammed a motorcycle near Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka killing an engineer of Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh yesterday
CAAB engineer killed as bus rams his bike
An engineer at CAAB died yesterday after a bus rammed his motorcycle near the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka before crashing through the boundary wall in front of the airport’s third terminal.
Rowdy truck runs over 2 sightseers on Airport Road
An unruly truck ran over two sightseers on Airport Road in Dhaka in the wee hours of today.
Jabal-e-Noor Bus Crash: Dia's father speaks before trial court
Mohammad Jahangir, father of Dia Khanam Mim, who was run over by a bus in July, appeared before a Dhaka court yesterday and demanded exemplary punishment for the killers.
Road crash on Airport Road: 6 Jabal-e-Noor Paribahan owners, staff indicted
A Dhaka court frames charges against six owners, drivers and helpers of Jabal-e-Noor Paribahan in a case filed in connection with a road accident that killed two college students in the capital's Kurmitola on July 29.
Death of Dia-Rajib / Court to hear on charge framing Oct 25
A Dhaka court yesterday fixed October 25 for hearing on framing charges of homicide against the owners, drivers and assistants of two
Airport road crash: Victims’ families get Tk 5 lakh each
Families of the two students, who were killed in a road crash on Dhaka's Airport Road on July 29 this year, receive Tk 5 lakh-cheque each from Jabal-e-Noor Paribahan to meet their urgent necessities in line with a Supreme Court order.
Death of Dia-Rajib / SC rejects Jabal-e-Noor's stay petition
The Supreme Court yesterday upheld a High Court order that directed Jabal-e-Noor Paribahan to pay Tk 5 lakh to each of the families of two students who were killed in a road crash on Dhaka's Airport Road on July 29 this year.
Death of Dia-Rajib / Court accepts homicide charges against 6
A Dhaka court yesterday accepted charges of culpable homicide against the owners, drivers and assistants of two Jabal-E-Noor Paribahan buses that allegedly raced each other moments before one of them ploughed into a crowd killing two college students in the capital's Kurmitola on July 29.
Legal notice served on Shahjahan Khan
A Supreme Court lawyer serves a legal notice on Shipping Minister Shahjahan Khan, requesting him (Shahjahan) to explain in 24 hours under what authority he has been holding the post of executive president of Bangladesh Sarak Paribahan Sramik Federation.
Student protesters sing national anthem at Farmgate
Hundreds of student protesters who have been gathering at Farmgate intersection, stands up and sings the national anthem as a part of their agitation programme.
Students check licenses, discipline traffic
Taking matters on to their hands in an attempt to bring discipline in traffic management, the students have now engaged in enforcing rules and regulations. Such actions have been reported from all over – Chittagong, Tangail, Narayanganj, Savar and other places – led by protestors in Dhaka.
Students stop police DIG, find no licence or papers
Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of River Police Habib was cruising along Karwan Bazar in his black jeep, hoisting a signboard ‘police’ to avoid the students on the road. But the school and college students who are on the streets since Sunday had no time for hierarchy and spared him not. They stopped him up and asked for papers.
Celebrities take part in students' demo for road safety in Uttara
A group of celebrities take to the streets expressing solidarity with the students demonstrating at Uttara demanding safe roads.
Protests ripple all over Bangladesh
Students across Bangladesh join in protests, echoing the demand for safe roads in parallel to those agitating in Dhaka with perseverance. Reports of blockades enforced have come from Savar, Narayanganj, Tangail, Natore, Bogra and Rajshahi so far.
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE DAY
A truck ran over a student demonstraing for road safety in Shanir Akhra in the capital at around 9:30am yesterday, angering the protertors demonstrators further.
Students' demands logical, will be implemented: Home minister
Terming all demands of agitating students “logical”, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan yesterday said they have taken the demands into consideration and will implement those.
Fixing all ills by beating?
We never take one unique medicine for all illness. Do we? Never. Because it invariably would compound the illness and wreak havoc on the delicate human body, causing death even.
Slay this monster
School children coming in hordes, marching down the street in raw rage is something unprecedented. But that is happening right now, and it signifies only one thing – a show of complete no-confidence on the governance in the transport system.
