Daily 5 students killed in road accidents during Eid: report
During the last Eid-ul-Fitr holiday, daily on an average nearly five students were killed in road crashes, a report of the Road Safety Foundation revealed on Wednesday...
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CUET students stage protests for 3rd day
The students of the Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology staged a demonstration by blocking the Chattogram-Kaptai highway near their institution under Raujan upazila in the district for the third consecutive day...
6 killed in Sajek road accedent
At least six people were killed and eight others were injured after a truck carrying over a dozen construction workers fell into a roadside ditch at Sajek in Rangamati鈥檚 Baghaichari on Wednesday...
RSF report finds increase in numbers of deaths, road accidents during eid
Another organisation鈥檚 report, published on Wednesday, revealed that the number of road accidents and deaths in these accidents increased during the last Eid-ul-Fitr holiday...
Two members of same family killed as train hits auto-rickshaw in M鈥檚ing
A 60-year-old man and his 40-year-old niece were killed when a train hit an auto-rickshaw while crossing Natun Bazar level crossing in Mymensingh district town on Tuesday night...
CUET students stage protests as bus kills 2 fellows
The students of Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology staged demonstration by blocking Chittagong-Kaptai highway near their institution under Raujan upazila in Chattogram district for about five hours on Monday to protest at the death of their two fellows....
Faridpur accident for bus driver鈥檚 drowsiness, over speed of bus, pickup: probe
The seven-member probe body formed to investigate the road accident in Faridpur on April 16 that claimed 15 lives identified over speed of both the bus and the pick-up van and drowsiness of the bus driver behind the deadly road crash....
Anu Muhammad shifted to SHNIBPS
Health and family welfare minister Samanta Lal Sen on Monday said that former Jahangirnagar University economics professor Anu Muhammad, now under treatment after a train accident severing his toes, requires 鈥榗ombined operations鈥�...
BRTA finds rise in Eid-time road accident deaths
The statistics of the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority showed that the number of fatal road crash victims during this Eid-ul-Fitr holidays increased compared with last year...
Professor Anu Muhammad鈥檚 toes severed in train accident
Anu Muhammad, a former professor of Economics at Jahangirnagar University, was admitted to Dhaka Medical College Hospital after his toes were severed in a train accident at the Khilgaon level crossing in the capital on Sunday morning...
Three killed in road accidents in 3 dists
At least three people, including two children, were killed in separate road accidents in Munshiganj, Chattogram and Jaipurhat on...
407 killed in Eid time road crashes: report
At least 407 people were killed and 1,398 others injured in 399 road crashes in 15 days during the last Eid-ul-Fitr holidays, said a report of the...
Two killed as bus rams auto-rickshaw in Chattogram
Two people were killed and four others injured when a bus rammed into a CNG-run auto-rickshaw on Dhaka-Cox鈥檚 Bazar highway in Patiya upazila of Chattogram district Friday night....
Road safety project limps while it needs to run
THE biggest road safety project that the government has planned to prevent death and injury by road accidents that weigh heavily on public health has made almost no...
Three killed in Rajshahi road accident
At least three people were killed and two more were injured when a sand-laden truck hit and rammed two motorcycles on the Rajshahi-Chapainawabganj highway at Paba upazila in Rajshahi on Friday afternoon....
Baul singer among three killed in road accidents
At least three people, including popular Baul singer, were killed and three others were injured in separate road accidents in Sylhet and Sirajganj on Thursday...
Singer Pagal Hasan, another killed in Sunamganj road accident
Two people including popular singer Pagal Hasan were killed and three others injured in a collision between a bus and a CNG-run auto-rickshaw in Chhatak upazila of Sunamganj early Thursday....
565 killed in road accidents in March: report
At least 565 people were killed and 1,228 others injured in 552 road crashes across the country in March, said a report published by the Passenger Welfare Association of Bangladesh...
14 people killed, several others injured in Jhalokathi road accident
At least 14 people were killed and several others injured when a speedy truck hit several vehicles in Gabkhan Bridge area under Sadar upazila in Jhalakathi Wednesday afternoon....
Foreign student killed in Ctg road accident
A foreign student was killed and two others were injured in a road accident on the Patenga outer link road in Chattogram on early Tuesday....
Police, BRTA can鈥檛 avoid responsibility of Faridpur road accident: NCPSRR
The authorities concerned, including police and the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority cannot avoid the responsibility of the Faridpur road accident on Dhaka-Khulna highway that claimed lives of 15 people on Tuesday, said National Committee to protect Shipping, Roads and Railways.
Bus lacks valid docs, pick-up carries passengers violating law
The bus that met the fatal accident in Faridpur on Tuesday did not have updated fitness, tax token and route permit to run on the roads while the pickup van that collided head-on with the bus was carrying passengers by violating the law.....
Two killed, 20 injured in head-on collision between buses in Mymensingh
At least two passengers died and 20 others injured in a head-on collision between two buses at Tarakanda upazila of Mymensingh on Tuesday....
4 of a family among 14 killed
At least 14 people, including four of a family, were killed and four others injured when a bus and a pickup van collided head-on on the Khulna-Dhaka highway at...
77 people killed, 109 injured in road accidents in Apr 10-14
At least 77 people were killed and 109 more were injured in 70 road crashes across the country between April 10 and 14 amid the Eid-ul-Fitr vacations, according to the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority...
5 sent to jail after 3-day remand
State minister for shipping Khalid Mahmud Chowdhury said on Monday that if the surveyors of the Bangladesh Water Transport Authority were found to be negligent in the Dhaka River Port accident, they too...
Couple killed in Gazipur road accident
A man and his wife were killed as bus hit them at Kaliakoir bypass under Kaliakoir upazila in Gazipur early Monday....
Sadarghat accident: Five arrestees to be produced before court Monday
Five arrestees will be produced before a Dhaka court on Monday who were on a three-day remand in a case filed in connection with the launch accident that killed five people at Sadarghat in the capital on April 11....
Two killed as motorcycle hits tree in Chuadanga
Two people were killed and another was injured as their motorcycle hit a tree at village Parlakhshippur under Alamdanga upazila in Chuadanga early Sunday....
Microbus driver killed as hit by motorcycle on Padman Bridge
A microbus driver was killed as he was hit by a motorcycle on Padma Bridge in Munshiganj Friday morning....