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

April 5, 2023
April 5, 2023

564 killed in road accidents in March: Road Safety Foundation

Five hundred and sixty-four people were killed and 1,097 injured in 486 road accidents throughout the country in March this year, according to a report of Road Safety Foundation.

March 21, 2023
March 21, 2023

Who is to blame for unsafe roads?

Our policymakers’ apathy is the real problem

March 19, 2023
March 19, 2023

Death toll rises to 19 in Madaripur bus crash

At least 24 people were injured in the incident and are undergoing treatment at various hospitals.

February 23, 2023
February 23, 2023

University student dies after bus hits motorbike at Jatrabari

The deceased was identified as Omar Faruk, 22, a first-year BBA student at Bangladesh Islami University

February 15, 2023
February 15, 2023

3 Bangladeshi students dead, 1 injured in Toronto road crash

The deceased were identified as Shahriar Khan, Angela Barai and Aryan Dipta while Kumar Nibir, son of singer Kumar Biswajit, was injured in the same incident. All four of them are students of Humber College

December 7, 2022
December 7, 2022

Tareque Masud’s birthday celebrated in Rajbari

Yesterday marked the 66th birth anniversary of renowned filmmaker Tareque Masud, who was tragically killed in a road accident on August 13, 2011.

November 15, 2022
November 15, 2022

NRSC rejects proposal to ban bikes on highways

The National Road Safety Council (NRSC) approved the National Road Safety Strategic Action Plan (2021-24) to reduce road crashes by 25 percent within 2024 and by 50 percent within 2030.

October 3, 2022
October 3, 2022

Woman crushed to death between two buses in Gulistan

A woman was crushed to death between two buses in Dhaka’s Gulistan area today.

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).

July 30, 2022
July 30, 2022

The coaching centre falls silent after Mirsharai accident

The coaching centre fell silent after it lost 10 teachers and students in a train-microbus collision in Chattogram's Mirsharai yesterday (July 29, 2022).

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