road accidents

When will sanity return to our roads?

What we need is strict implementation of our existing regulations.

News Analysis: Road safety a pipe dream?

Every time there is a major road accident, some issues inevitably come to the fore: either the vehicles involved do not have the required documents or the drivers are without valid licences or both.

Road Accidents: Casualties keep mounting for indiscipline

Indiscipline continues to reign supreme on the roads, taking a heavy toll on lives and properties, as the government’s steps to address the malaise remain perfunctory, experts said.

We need reliable official data on road crashes

Reliable data key to preventing road crashes and casualties

Column by Mahfuz Anam: Not road accidents, but ‘murder’ by neglect

A death is an accident only when it occurs in spite of all logical, scientific and experience-based steps taken to prevent it.

Highway accident or murder?

A crash that exposes all the problems with our road transport system

5 Top Stories to Know Today

Dear readers, we have drawn up a list of five top stories so that you don't miss out on any important event -- both at home and abroad -- today (January 8, 2023).

Small vehicles shoot up, so do accidents

A sharp and unregulated growth of vehicles, especially motorcycles and three-wheelers, over the last few years has resulted in a spike in the numbers of road crashes and casualties.

519 people died in 458 accidents in August: Road Safety Foundation

At least 519 people died and 961 suffered injuries in 458 accidents across the country in August this year, Road Safety Foundation, a non-government organisation, said in a press release today (September 3, 2022).

May 19, 2022
May 19, 2022

Road accidents claim lives of 1674 children in Jan 2020-Apr 2022

At least 1,674 children (between one month and 18-year-old) died in road accidents across the country between January 2020 and April 2022, according to Road Safety Foundation.

March 29, 2022
March 29, 2022

World Bank approves $358m for safer roads in Bangladesh

World Bank today approved $358 million to help Bangladesh improve road safety, and reduce fatalities and injuries from road accidents in selected high-risk highways and district roads.

June 2, 2019
June 2, 2019

1,890 killed in road accidents in 5 months

At least 1,890 people have been killed and 3,543 others injured in road accidents in the first five months of this year.

April 18, 2019
April 18, 2019

Road crashes kill 5 in Dinajpur, Feni

At least five people including two of a family are killed in separate road accidents in Dinajpur and Feni.

December 8, 2018
December 8, 2018

Seven killed in two road accidents

At least seven people, including three students, were killed in road accidents in Narsingdi and Dhaka yesterday.

October 14, 2018
October 14, 2018

3 students die in road accidents

Two school students and one college student were killed in separate road accidents in Rajbari and Barishal yesterday.

September 24, 2018
September 24, 2018

Father, son, 2 others killed on roads

Four motorcyclists, including a father and his son and a Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) leader, were killed in separate road accidents in Kishoreganj and Chattogram yesterday.

August 22, 2018
August 22, 2018

4 killed in Kushtia, Laxmipur road crashes

Four people are killed and four others injured in separate road accidents in Kushtia and Laxmipur districts.

June 18, 2018
June 18, 2018

Father, daughter among 4 killed in Magura road crashes

Four people including a man and his daughter are killed in separate accidents in Magura.

February 23, 2018
February 23, 2018

Road crashes kill 11 in 4 districts

At least 11 people die and 25 others are injured in separate road accidents in Natore, Mymensingh, Feni and Madaripur.

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