Minor girl among six killed in road accidents in 3 dists
At least six people were killed and four others injured in road accidents in Brahmanbaria, Bogura and Cumilla districts on Sunday...
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Three Bangladeshis dead, 2 hurt in Malaysia road accident
Three Bangladeshis were killed and two others injured after a multipurpose vehicle they were in skidded off the road at East Coast Highway 1 near in Kuantan of Malaysia on Friday.
BRTC double-decker crashes into Farmgate pillar
A Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation double-decker bus rammed into a pillar of the Elevated Expressway at Farmgate in Dhaka city on Tuesday, causing a brief traffic disruption on the busy road...
India road accident kills 18 pilgrims
At least 18 people were killed in eastern India on Tuesday after a bus ferrying Hindu pilgrims collided with a truck loaded with cooking gas cylinders, officials said...
No scope for legal leniency if govt wants to stop road accidents
ROAD safety has continuously been put at bay as the number of fatal accidents has only increased for seven years since the road safety movement in 2018 after a bus killed two college students in Dhaka on July 29 that year. The government made the Road Transport Act 2018 in September that year. Police data show that 2,635 died in road accidents...
Only 4pc road accident victims given compensation in 2.5 years
Only a little more than 4 per cent road accident victims and their families have been given compensation after the scheme was introduced two and a half years ago, shows government data.
Road accidents across Bangladesh on rise
Fatal road crashes have been on the rise in Bangladesh over the seven years since students erupted in massive protests after two college students died as a bus rammed them to a wall in the capital on July 29, 2018.
Teenager killed in Dhaka road accident
A teenage boy was killed in a road crash after being hit by a truck at the Bangabhaban intersection under Paltan Police Station in the capital on Saturday night...
Seven killed, 41 injured in road accidents
At least seven people were killed and 41 others injured in road accidents in Faridpur, Sunamganj and Madaripur districts on Thursday...
Three people killed, 10 injured in Faridpur road accident
At least three people were killed and 10 others were injured in a head-on collision between two buses in the Karimpur area on the Dhaka-Khulna highway in Faridpur on Thursday morning...
Eight killed in Natore road accident
An elderly couple, their four female relatives along with another woman and the driver of the microbus they were travelling on were killed in a head-on collision with a truck on Bonpara-Hatikumrul Highway at Baraigram upazila in Natore on Wednesday...
Road management should be equally prioritised
DILAPIDATED roads and water stagnation are recurring woes for residents of Dhaka during the monsoon. A photograph published in 抖阴精品 on July 19 showed covered vans and rickshaws paddling through dilapidated and muddy roads in the North Jurain area. In the past few days, similar situations of water stagnation were reported from other parts of Dhaka...
Two Jamaat leaders killed in Faridpur road accident
Two leaders of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami were killed and at least eight others were injured in a road accident in Bhanga upazila of Faridpur district on early Saturday on their way to attend the party鈥檚 rally in Dhaka...
3 of a family among 6聽 killed in road accidents
At least six people, including three members of a family, were killed in road accidents in Gazipur and Sylhet districts between Thursday night and Friday afternoon.
Transport owners to stage 24-hr strike in Chattogram on July 20聽
The Greater Chattogram Public and Goods Transport Owners Federation has announced a 24-hour suspension of all services in Chattogram and five surrounding districts for July 20, pressing for amendment to the Road Transport Act 2018, among other demands...
Three people killed, 15 injured in Magura road accident
Three people died and 15 others sustained injuries as a bus crashed into a battery-run van on Magura-Jhenaidah Highway in Magura Sadar upazila...
CNG drivers block Banani road, causing congestion
A group of CNG-run auto-rickshaw drivers on Sunday blocked the main road in front of the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority office at Banani in Dhaka, crippling traffic for about six hours on the Uttara鈥揗ohakhali road and causing huge sufferings to the people...
Five killed in road accidents
At least five people were killed and 13 other injured in road accidents in Kurigram, Narsingdi, Magura and Sylhet districts between Saturday night and Sunday evening...
Young man killed in road accident near Dhaka airport
A 32-year-old man was killed in a road accident in front of Terminal-3 of Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport under Airport Police Station on Saturday night...
12 killed in 10 motorcycle accidents in 6 months
Twelve people, including 11 motorcyclists, were killed in 10 road accidents on the Dhaka-Mawa-Bhanga Expressway and Dhaka-Chattogram Highway in the past six months...
Three people killed, 50 others injured in Rangpur road accident
Three people including a child were killed and 50 others were injured after a bus plunged into a pond at Deuti Beltola in Pirgachha upazila of Rangpur district on Wednesday night...
Elderly man killed in Dhaka road accident
A 52-year-old man was killed after being crushed between two buses while crossing the road near Bakshi Bazar intersection in front of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology in Dhaka鈥檚 Chawkbazar area on early Wednesday...
Archer can help England rattle India: Broad
Stuart Broad believes a Test cricket return for Jofra Archer could help England hit back against India after the tourists鈥� 鈥榖orderline perfect鈥� performance at Edgbaston...
6 killed in road accidents
At least six people were killed and eight others injured in road accidents in Tangail, Mymensingh and Sherpur districts on Monday...
2 DNCC cleaners killed in Khilkhet road accident
Two cleaners of Dhaka North City Corporation were killed after a covered hit them in Khilkhet, Dhaka, on early Sunday morning.
3 killed, 11 injured in road accidents in 3 dists
At least three people were killed and 11 injured in three separate road crashes in Sylhet, Magura, and Dinajpur districts on Saturday.
Two youths killed in Munshiganj road accident
Two young men were killed after a bus hit their motorbike in Gazaria upazila of Munshiganj district on Friday evening...
11 killed in road accidents in 6 district鈥檚
At least 11 people were killed in road accidents in Pabna, Munshiganj, Gopalganj, Satkhira, Jhenaidah, and Chuadanaga between Thursday night and Friday evening.
National managers should break inertia to make roads safe
THE road transport system continues to be plagued with an entrenched culture of lawlessness, weak regulation and consequent accidents. The latest Road Safety Foundation report says that 696 died and 1,867 became injured in 689 traffic accidents in June alone. This comes down to an average of 23 death a day. This also marks a 22.55 per cent increase in fatalities from...
Shwapno opens outlet at Elephant Road
Retail chain shop Shwapno on Thursday opened a new outlet at Elephant Road in the capital, said a press release...