Teens, women among 13 killed in road accidents
At least 13 people were killed and 21 others injured in road accidents in Jashore, Sunamganj, Faridpur, Bagerhat, Narsingdi, Chattogram and Gaibandha between Thursday night and Friday.
At least 13 people were killed and 21 others injured in road accidents in Jashore, Sunamganj, Faridpur, Bagerhat, Narsingdi, Chattogram and Gaibandha between Thursday night and Friday.
EVERY day, 66 lives are lost on Bangladesh’s roads. The number is not just a statistic. It is a collective national tragedy unfolding with disturbing regularity. Families are torn apart, children are orphaned and the country’s human capital continues to erode silently under the crushing weight of road crashes. The sheer scale of the carnage reveals a crisis that has long escaped serious political attention, despite its devastating human and economic consequences...
At least 132 people were killed and 208 injured in 110 road crashes across the country during the Eid-ul-Fitr vacation, according to data published by the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority...
At least six people, including two Secondary School Certificate examinees, were killed in road crashes in four districts on Saturday...
Over 150 families have been completely ‘wiped out’ in the last five years in road crashes, said a Road Safety Foundation report published on Tuesday...
At least 801 people were killed and 3,267 others injured in 557 road crashes across the country in June, according to a report published by the Passenger Welfare Association of Bangladesh issued on Wednesday...
A Bangladesh Road Transport Authority report revealed on Tuesday that 215 people were killed and 278 others injured in 216 road crashes between June 13 and June 24 during the last Eid journeys...
The government has fixed the maximum speed limit for motor vehicles at 80 kilometres per hour in an attempt to reduce road crashes...