Road Transport Act 2018

Will Nadia’s tragic death change anything?

Road safety remains a neglected issue

Safe roads before smart cities

Time to put people’s safety at the heart of policymaking

Compensation For Death, Injury: Road crash victims can now legally claim it

The family of a person killed in a road crash due to reckless or negligent driving will get at least Tk 5 lakh in compensation.

Baby born in road accident: HC orders social welfare secretary to provide Tk 5 lakh

The High Court today (July 19, 2022) directed the trustee board formed under the Road Transport Act, 2018, to give Tk 5 lakh – in 15 days – for the baby born during a road accident on Dhaka-Mymensingh highway on July 16.

Beware of the danger of driver fatigue on the highways

Continued lack of concern for road safety is unacceptable

79 cases filed under new Road Transport Act

Mobile courts of Bangladesh Road Transport Authority files 79 cases under Road Transport Act-2018 and other relevant laws in Dhaka city on the second consecutive day of the operation.

Road transport law goes into effect from today: Quader

The government is going to enforce the much-anticipated Road Transport Act 2018 from today.

Road Transport Act 2018: Not in force yet

The Road Transport Act-2018 is yet to be brought into effect a month after the president's approval, allegedly due to a movement against the law by transport workers.

January 25, 2023
January 25, 2023

Will Nadia’s tragic death change anything?

Road safety remains a neglected issue

January 9, 2023
January 9, 2023

Safe roads before smart cities

Time to put people’s safety at the heart of policymaking

January 2, 2023
January 2, 2023

Compensation For Death, Injury: Road crash victims can now legally claim it

The family of a person killed in a road crash due to reckless or negligent driving will get at least Tk 5 lakh in compensation.

October 22, 2022
October 22, 2022
July 19, 2022
July 19, 2022

Baby born in road accident: HC orders social welfare secretary to provide Tk 5 lakh

The High Court today (July 19, 2022) directed the trustee board formed under the Road Transport Act, 2018, to give Tk 5 lakh – in 15 days – for the baby born during a road accident on Dhaka-Mymensingh highway on July 16.

June 12, 2022
June 12, 2022

Beware of the danger of driver fatigue on the highways

Continued lack of concern for road safety is unacceptable

November 19, 2019
November 19, 2019

79 cases filed under new Road Transport Act

Mobile courts of Bangladesh Road Transport Authority files 79 cases under Road Transport Act-2018 and other relevant laws in Dhaka city on the second consecutive day of the operation.

November 17, 2019
November 17, 2019

Road transport law goes into effect from today: Quader

The government is going to enforce the much-anticipated Road Transport Act 2018 from today.

November 15, 2018
November 15, 2018

Road Transport Act 2018: Not in force yet

The Road Transport Act-2018 is yet to be brought into effect a month after the president's approval, allegedly due to a movement against the law by transport workers.

October 28, 2018
October 28, 2018

They don’t know the law properly: Law minister

Law Minister Anisul Huq says transport workers are enforcing the strike because they do not know about the road transport act properly.