road accident

30 hurt as bus falls into ditch in Cox’s Bazar

At least 30 passengers of a picnic bus are injured after the vehicle fell into a ditch on the Chattogram-Cox's Bazar highway in Ramu upazila.
A 24-year homecoming wait ends in death

"Going [to] BD after 24 years", read the Facebook status of Bangladeshi expatriate living in the US Ruhul Amin. However, before he could reach his home in Sylhet's Beanibazar, he died in a road accident on the Dhaka-Sylhet Highway in Brahmanbaria on Wednesday night. The accident also injured four more members of the family.
BGB member, wife killed in Rajshahi road accident

A Bangladesh Border Guard (BGB) member and his wife are killed in a road accident on Rajshahi-Dhaka highway in Puthia upazila of Rajshahi.
2 killed in Dhaka road crashes

Two people are killed in separate road accidents in Rampura and Jatrabari areas of Dhaka.
Eleven killed on roads in two days

Eleven people, including four students, were killed in road crashes in the last two days.
Road crashes claim 20 lives

At least 20 people were killed and 82 others injured in separate road accidents in eight districts yesterday. Of the 20 dead, seven were killed in Feni, four in Faridpur, three in Kishoreganj, two in Sirajganj, and one each in Gopalganj, Mymensingh, Barishal and Tangail.
10 killed in road crashes in 4 districts

At least 10 people are killed and 24 others are injured in separate road accidents in Bogura, Natore, Sirajganj and Munshiganj districts since the day before Eid.
3 killed in Narayanganj road crash

Three persons are killed and eight others are injured in a road accident involving a pick-up van and a human haulier in Rupganj upazila of Narayanganj.
Cop injured in road crash dies at DMCH

A traffic sergeant who was hit by a covered van in Barishal yesterday has succumbed to his injuries at Dhaka Medical College Hospital.
Road Crashes 25,526 killed in last 10 yrs

A total 25,526 people got killed while 19,763 suffered injuries in road accidents over the past decade, Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader said yesterday.
Eid journey: 142 killed countrywide in road crashes

At least 142 people are killed and 324 others injured in different road accidents across the country including capital Dhaka from May 30 to June 9, according to a study report.
Road crashes kill 14 on Eid day

At least 14 people are killed and 44 others injured in separate road accidents in Faridpur, Lalmonirhat, Jhenidah, Tangail and Narsingdi districts.
19 die on roads

At least 19 people, including a child, were killed and 12 others injured in road accidents in four districts yesterday.
Road Accident Cases: Conviction in only 5pc cases

Hours after Ataul Islam died in a road crash on October 12 last year, his family filed a case against the driver hoping to get justice. But Sub-inspector Riazul Islam got in the way.
HC directs Green Line to pay Russel in full

Green Line Paribahan has been ordered to pay remainder of the Tk 45 lakh compensation to Russel Sarker, the man who lost a leg under a bus of the company back in April last year.
Bangladeshi police officer killed in Congo

Police additional IGP Rowshan Ara Begum has been killed in road crash in Congo, police headquarter says.
Another young life lost on road

She was on track to be an engineer and make her family’s dream come true. But her life was cut short by a road crash yesterday.
Seven killed in road crashes

Seven people, including a three-year old, were killed in road crashes in Mymensingh, Dinajpur and Chattogram yesterday.
Road Accident: Critically injured NGO official to be operated

A senior official of the Save the Children Bangladesh has been admitted to the intensive care unit of a hospital after he was hit by a truck in the capital’s Jurain area on Saturday.
Man killed in road accident

A man is killed in a road incident in Dhaka’s Jatrabari area.
Cop killed in Narayanganj road crash

A police officer is killed after a lorry runs him over on the Dhaka-Chattogram highway at Bandar upazila of Narayanganj.
8 killed as bus falls into ditch in Joypurhat

At least eight people including three children are killed and around 15 injured as a bus falls into a roadside ditch in Sadar upazila of Joypurhat.
The dos and don'ts of handling emergency situations

Over the past two decades of working in the risk-consulting business, two things have become apparent to me: (i) after every major incident, we suddenly become very worried and conscious about lack of safety, and (ii) we forget all about our worries in about a week.
Man killed as bus hits rickshaw in Gulistan

A man is killed as a bus hit a rickshaw in Dhaka’s Gulistan area.
2 students hurt in Ctg- Cox’s Bazar highway road accident

Protesters block the Chattogram-Cox’s Bazar Highway for around two hours after two school students were injured when a bus hit them.
Bus race costs another life

Yet another ugly race between two buses took away the life of a college student at Mostafa Majir intersection of Rampura-Demra Road in the capital yesterday, sparking protests in the area.
Boy dies being run over by pickup van in Dhaka

A teenage boy is killed after being run over by a pickup van in Dhaka’s Khilgaon.
Road accidents claim six lives

At least six people, including a woman and her daughter, were killed in separate road accidents in Noakhali and Cumilla yesterday.
8 killed as bus hits microbus in Chattogram

At least eight people, including a minor, were killed and several injured as a bus hits a microbus on Chattogram-Cox's Bazar highway in Lohagara upazila early today.
Driver, helper sued for Wasim’s death

A lawsuit is filed over death of Sylhet Agricultural University student Wasim Afnan, who was run over after allegedly being shoved off a bus.