At least 390 people were killed and 1,182 more injured in 379 road accidents across Bangladesh during Eid-ul-Azha, said a Passenger Welfare Association of Bangladesh report published on Monday...
At least 10 people were killed and 36 others injured in road accidents in eight districts, namely Gopalganj, Madaripur, Barishal, Sylhet, Bogura, Narsingdi, Nilphamari and Sherpur, on Sunday...
At least four people, including a mother and her daughter, were killed and 20 more were injured in two separate road crashes in Pabna and Mymensingh districts on Wednesday...
EID comes every time with some concern for the authorities to attend to. It is mostly the safety of people when they leave the capital city for outlying areas before Eid and when they get back to the city after Eid. So many people travelling at a time burdens the transport network and the system, with traffic accidents taking place, causing fatalities and injuries. The burden...
At least nine people were killed and 30 others injured in six road accidents in four districts, Dinajpur, Habiganj, Rajshahi and Magura, on Monday...
At least four people, including a garment worker, were killed and three others injured in road accidents in Gazipur, Rangpur, Jhenaidah and Madaripur on Wednesday...
At least five people, including a Secondary School Certificate examinee, were killed in road accidents in Rangpur, Dhaka and Satkhira on Tuesday...
At least five people were killed in road accidents in Chattogram, Gazipur and Bagerhat districts on Sunday...
At least 583 people were killed and 1,202 more injured in 567 road crashes in the country in April, said a Passenger Welfare Association of Bangladesh report published on Tuesday...
At least five people were killed in road accidents in Dhaka, Bogura and Satkhira districts between Sunday night and Monday...
At least nine people were killed in road accidents in Rangamati, Munshiganj and Patuakhali districts on Saturday...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
At least six people, including a father and his two minor daughters, were killed and 22 others were injured in road accidents across the country on Thursday...
At least 42 people were killed and 63 others were injured in road accidents across Bangladesh during the Eid vacation in four days between Sunday and Wednesday...
At least seven people were killed and 13 others injured in road accidents in Jashore, Jaipurhat and Thakurgaon between Tuesday night and Wednesday...
At least 608 people were killed and 1,100 more injured in 621 road accidents in the country in January, said a Road Safety Foundation report published on Tuesday...
At least five people, including a schoolboy, were killed and four others injured in road accidents in Rajshahi, Noakhali, Tangail and Meherpur on Monday...
THE absence of effective mechanisms to contain workplace accidents and consequent death and injuries is deplorable. When hardly there goes a day when workplace accidents do not leave workers dead, the authorities appear nonchalant towards the issue, a reason Bangladesh is considered one of the worst countries in terms of...
Two bus accidents involving a fuel tanker and a truck on a highway through central Afghanistan killed 52 people and injured 65, the Taliban government spokesmen said on Thursday...
Over 150 families have been completely 鈥榳iped out鈥� in the last five years in road crashes, said a Road Safety Foundation report published on Tuesday...
At least five people were killed in separate road accidents in Sherpur and Chapainawabganj on Wednesday...
At least six people, including a college principal, were killed in separate road accidents in Narail, Natore and Sylhet between Tuesday evening and Wednesday...
At least nine people were killed and 18 others injured in road accidents in Bagerhat, Gazipur, Tangail, Cumilla and Sherpur between Sunday night and Monday...
At least 11 people were killed and 34 others injured in separate road accidents in Gopalganj, Narsingdi, Nilphamari and Madaripur between Saturday night and Sunday...
THE death of three students in road accidents on an average every day, which has happened for five years and a half, as a Road Safety Foundation report published on July 13 says, is as concerning as any other such death. The report says that at least 5,619 students died in traffic accidents in January 2019鈥揓une 2024, noting that 611 students...