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.
14 die as truck ploughs into five vehicles
A car and three battery-run auto-rickshaws were crawling in a queue to pay the toll for the Gabkhan Bridge in Jhalakathi around 1:30pm yesterday.
14 killed as truck ploughs through multiple vehicles in Jhalakathi
It is suspected that the truck driver lost control over his vehicle due to a brake failure
Eid journey turns tragic for many
Amid the Eid-ul-Fitr and Pahela Baishakh celebrations, there were families who had to mourn the loved ones killed in road accidents and similar incidents.
Road crashes, fatalities rise steeply from January
The numbers of road accidents and deaths saw a sharp rise in the first three months of this year compared to the corresponding period last year. Experts blamed the spike on the authorities’ failure to implement specific measures and a lack of commitment to ensure road safety.
Eid shopping turns tragic: 2 teens, auto-rickshaw driver killed in road crash
Three people, including two students, were killed and two others injured when a bus hits a battery-run auto-rickshaw in Rangpur city last night
555 killed in road accidents in February: Jatri Kalyan Samity
At least 555 people were killed and 1,031 were injured in 503 road crashes across the country last month, Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity said today
3 labourers killed as truck hits three-wheeler on Dhaka-Tangail highway
Three labourers were killed and two others injured as a truck rammed an autorickshaw on the Dhaka-Tangail highway in Gazipur's Kaliakoir upazila early today
4 killed in bus-rickshaw van collision in Dinajpur
Locals block Dinajpur-Rangpur highway for two hours in protest
How to lower road travel speed and save lives
Managing travel speeds on the roads of Asia and the Pacific will save lives and avoid costly, often debilitating, injuries.
4 killed as cars collide head-on in Purbachal
Four persons died and four others were injured as two private cars collided head-on on 300 feet road in Purbachal this morning.
Constable killed as train hits police van in Jamalpur
A constable was killed and another was seriously injured when a local train hit a police van in Jamalpur's Sadar upazila early today
3 children among 7 killed as bus rams auto-rickshaw in Chattogram
At least seven persons were killed after a bus rammed an auto-rickshaw in Hathazari area of Chattogram this morning
3 killed as bus drives into stationary truck
Three people were killed and 12 injured when a bus rammed a into a stationary truck on the Dhaka-Mawa expressway in Munshiganj early today
The undelivered promise of road safety
Govt attitude must change for such tragedies to end
Ome, Polash caught in massive road accident
Earlier today, “Bachelor Point” director Kajal Arefin Ome and actor Ziaul Hoque Polash were involved in a massive car accident. The news was confirmed to The Daily Star by Ome himself.
Kolkata TV actress Suchandra tragically passes away
The actress was the passenger on a bike, which swerved to avoid a cyclist that suddenly came in front of them, forcing the bike’s driver to brake suddenly.
Road Crash, Casualties: Even BRTA, police figures don’t tally
Road crash data from two government agencies does not match and this could lead to problems in making informed decisions on road safety
