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Eight killed in road accidents

At least eight people were killed and 17 other injured in road accidents in Cox’s Bazar, Kushtia, Jaipurhat, Narail and Bogura on Monday.

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10 killed, 36 hurt in road accidents

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...

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Two people killed, 25 injured in Gopalganj highway accident

A traffic police officer and assistant of a bus driver were killed and at least 25 others were injured in a series of road accidents involving six vehicles on the Dhaka-Khulna highway in Gopalganj district on early Sunday...

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Road transport sector should be on govt’s reform agenda

PUBLIC transport remains unsafe and the government has so far kept the sector off its reform platter. The Passenger Welfare Association of Bangladesh reports that at least 614 people died and 1,196 became injured in 597 road accidents in May. April was equally deadly, with the death of at least 583 people and injuries to 1,202 in 567 accidents. The highest 33.5 per cent of...

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Four killed, 20 injured in road accidents

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...

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Three people killed in Pabna road accident

Three people, including a woman and her daughter, were killed and another was injured after a speeding covered van crashed into them in Ishwardi upazila of Pabna district on Wednesday morning...

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Left parties announce Dhaka-Ctg protest road march

Left political parties will hold Dhaka-Chattogram road march in June 27– 28 in protest at the interim government’s move to lease out the management of the New Mooring Container Terminal of Chittagong Port to foreign operator...

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Two killed in Chandpur road accident

Two people were killed and six others including two children injured in a road accident in the Borodia Bridge area on Chandpur-Matlab-Pennai road under Matlab Dakkhin upazila in Chandpur on Sunday...

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Tk 46,308cr cut from 33 projects

The interim government has reduced about Tk 46,308 crore in costs in 33 projects under the ministries of road transport and bridges, railways and power, energy and mineral resources...

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National election road map is need of hour

ALL political parties want a road map for the next general election, regardless of their disagreement over the precise date. All the parties at a meeting of the national consensus commission have demanded an election road map. The chief adviser has stood his ground that the election will be held between this December and June 2026 after reforms for a democratic transition...

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Cop killed in road accident in Dhaka

A sub-inspector of Dhaka Metropolitan Police was killed after being hit by a bus in the capital’s Shahjahanpur area on Monday night...

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Most parties want polls road map

Most political parties in a meeting with chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus on Monday demanded an election road map without further delay while the Bangladesh Nationalist Party said that there was no reason to hold national election beyond December.

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Five killed in road accidents

At least five people were killed and dozens were injured in five districts in separate road accidents on Saturday.

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Three youths killed in Sirajganj road accident

Three young men were killed after a motorcycle was hit by a truck in the Bhadraghat Bazar area on the Sirajganj-Nalka regional highway in Kamarkhand upazila, police said on Thursday...

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Unhappy BNP decries no polls road map

The Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Tuesday expressed disappointment over a government statement released after meetings with political parties, saying it did not include a clear plan for the upcoming national election...

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Licences on sale, footpaths for rent

IF DANTE had been born in Dhaka, I suspect he wouldn’t have written about nine circles of hell — he would have simply described a morning commute involving the BRTA and a short stroll along a Bangladeshi footpath. Because truly, what else but infernal suffering could explain a place where getting a driving licence requires divine intervention, a briefcase full of...

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Minor girl killed in Dhaka road accident

A seven-year-old schoolgirl died after being hit by a BRTC bus while crossing the road at Kamalapur intersection in the capital’s Motijheel area on Monday morning...