The authority needs to get its act together, start operating efficiently
As of September this year, road crashes and fatalities have seen a year-on-year increase of more than 10 percent, according to government data.
The government must take effective actions to prevent road crashes
Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader today said motorcycles and easy bikes are causing the highest number of road accidents across the country
What we need is strict implementation of our existing regulations.
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.
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.
Reliable data key to preventing road crashes and casualties
A death is an accident only when it occurs in spite of all logical, scientific and experience-based steps taken to prevent it.
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.
Four people are killed and four others injured in separate road accidents in Kushtia and Laxmipur districts.
Four people including a man and his daughter are killed in separate accidents in Magura.
At least 11 people die and 25 others are injured in separate road accidents in Natore, Mymensingh, Feni and Madaripur.
A bicyclist is killed and three policemen are injured in two separate road accidents in Dhaka.
Road accidents claimed the lives of at least 29 people and left dozens others injured during the three-day Eid vacation till Sunday.
At least 2,297 people were killed and 5,480 injured in road accidents in the last six months, a sharp rise in the death toll compared to the same period last year, said an organisation campaigning for safety in the transport sector.
The fatal road crash in Rangpur, caused apparently by rash driving of a coach helper, once again points to the worsening state of lawlessness prevailing in the transport sector.
The High Court directes the government to take necessary steps for providing emergency medical services to all critically injured persons in government and private hospitals across the country
The High Court (HC) ordered the government to implement 28 guidelines by a seven-member expert committee formed under a court order...
