Madrasah student killed in Sherpur road accident
An eight-year-old madrasah student was killed after being hit by a battery-run three-wheeler while crossing a road in Sherpur Sadar upazila Thursday afternoon....
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Five killed in road accidents in 3 dists
At least five people were killed in road accidents in Dhaka, Bogura and Satkhira districts between Sunday night and Monday...
Three people killed in two road accidents in Savar
Three people were killed in two road accidents on the Dhaka-Aricha highway in Savar on early Monday and on Sunday night...
SSC examinee killed in road accident in Dhaka
A Secondary School Certificate examinee was killed after a truck hit him in the Uttara area in the capital Dhaka on Sunday afternoon...
Nine killed in road accidents in 3 dists
At least nine people were killed in road accidents in Rangamati, Munshiganj and Patuakhali districts on Saturday...
Govt should go tough against illegal modification of vehicles
THE illegal modification of vehicles, especially buses and trucks, which has almost never been adequately attended to, continues to remain a cause for serious concern as they keep adding to the number of accidents and causing damage to roads. Vehicles, especially the buses that carry a large number of passengers and the trucks that carry a huge volume of goods, are...
Five people killed in Rangamati road accident
Five people were killed and one was injured in a collision between a pickup and a CNG-run auto-rickshaw on Chattogram-Rangamati road in Rubber Bagan area under Kawkhali upazila in Rangamati on Saturday morning...
Six killed in road accidents
At least six people, including two Secondary School Certificate examinees and a mother with her child, were killed in separate road accidents in Pabna, Lakshmipur and Satkhira districts on Friday.
Modified buses, trucks cause more accidents
Modifications of buses and trucks across the country remain a big concern for road safety as such modifications have been resulting in increased accidents and greater damages to roads and highways.
Road accidents kill 612 in March: report
At least 612 people were killed and 1,246 more injured in 593 road crashes in the country in March, said a Passenger Welfare Association of Bangladesh report published on Thursday.
Call for trial completion, redress renewed
Different political parties and labour rights organisations specially the garment worker rights bodies on Thursday observed the 12th year of the Rana Plaza collapse, the deadliest industrial accident in the country, with the demand for completing the trial of the owners of the factory responsible for the accident...
Safety condition improves, challenges remain
Bangladesh鈥檚 readymade garment industry has undergone a significant change in the aftermath of the Rana Plaza collapse, one of the deadliest industrial accidents in the country, but there are still in the sector many issues to be addressed...
BRTA suspends registration of bus over loss of roof in accident
The Bangladesh Road Transport Authority has suspended the registration of the rashly-driven bus that lost its roof amid the driver鈥檚 desperate bid to escape after an accident...
Indecision about three-wheelers makes roads more chaotic
THE government鈥檚 stance on banning three-wheelers, considered technically flawed and, therefore, more prone to accidents, from national and regional highways appears confusing. There have so far been a number of government and court orders that have banned CNG-run auto-rickshaws, battery-run rickshaws and vans, 鈥榚asy bikes鈥� and improvised motorised and...
Four die in road accident in Habiganj
Four people, including two women, were killed and five others were also injured in a collision between a truck and a pickup van on Dhaka-Sylhet highway at Madhabpur upazila of Habiganj early Friday.
Govt needs to ensure footpath use to stop pedestrian death
A REPORT that Dhaka鈥檚 north city authorities and the city police have prepared says that about 61 per cent of all fatal victims of road accidents that took place in the areas under the north city authority jurisdiction in 2023 were pedestrians. The report was made public at a meeting on road safety that the Road Transport and Highways Division and the Bloomberg...
Elderly man killed in road accident
A 77-year-old man was killed and two others were injured in a road accident in front of Khajur Union Parishad Office under Mahadebpur in Naogaon on Wednesday...
61pc fatal DNCC road accident victims in 2023 pedestrians: report
About 61 per cent of all fatal victims in road crashes occurred in the Dhaka North City Corporation areas in 2023 were pedestrians, said a report published on Wednesday...
Two people killed in Faridpur road accident
Two people died after a watermelon-laden truck lost control and hit a tree on the Dhaka-Khulna highway in Ghopghat area of Bagat Union in Madhukhali upazila of Faridpur on Tuesday morning...
Road accidents kill 604 in March: report
At least 604 people were killed and 1,231 more injured in 587 road crashes in the country in March, said a Road Safety Foundation report published on Saturday.
Six killed in road accidents
At least six people were killed and five more were injured in road crashes in Brahmanbaria, Feni, Kushtia and Bhola districts on Saturday.
Five killed in road accidents
At least five people were killed and 10 others injured in road accidents in Bogura, Feni and Habiganj districts between Thursday night and Friday.聽聽聽
Road accidents kill 4
Four people were killed in road accidents in Sylhet, Brahmanbaria, Sherpur and Patuakhali on Thursday.
Fewer Eid-time accidents are still too many
AT LEAST 322 people died and 826 became wounded in 315 road accidents during Eid-ul-Fitr holidays, keeping to Passenger Welfare Association of Bangladesh figures. While the report notes some progress in view the corresponding 2024 occasion, as accidents reduced by 21.05 per cent, fatalities by 20.88 per cent and injuries by 40.91 per cent, the overall figures remain...
322 killed in Eid time road accidents: report
At least 322 people were killed and 826 others injured in 315 road crashes in 15 days during the last Eid-ul-Fitr holidays, said a report of the Passenger Welfare Association of Bangladesh on Wednesday...
7 killed as bus plunges into ditch
Seven people, including three women and a child, were killed and 31 others injured when a running bus veered off the road to plunge into a ditch in Faridpur on Tuesday...
23 killed daily in road accidents during Eid: report
Nearly 23 people were killed daily on average in road accidents between March 26 and April 5 during Eid-ul-Fitr, one of the biggest religious festivals of Muslims, according to a Road Safety Foundation report published on Monday...
Three Jamaat members killed in Rajshahi road accident
At least three activists of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami were killed and 35 others were injured when two buses carrying them collided head-on with a truck on Rajshahi-Dhaka highway near Varendra University in Rajshahi on Monday...
Safe Eid journey still remains a far cry
THOUSANDS travel to outlying areas from the capital to celebrate Eid with friends and family and the journey almost always remains risky. This was no different this Eid. Road accidents left at least 41 dead and numerous others wounded across the country during Eid holidays. In an accident at the Chunti Jangalia point on the Chattogram鈥揅ox鈥檚 Bazar Highway on April 2, a...
Two killed as car, motorcycle collide on Kalshi flyover
Two friends riding a motorcycle were killed in a head-on collision with a private car on the Kalshi Flyover at Mirpur in the capital on Friday night.