Pragati settles car insurance claim of deceased client
Pragati Insurance Limited has handed over a cheque for Tk 18 lakh to wife of deceased Bank Asia PLC official Md Abul Hashem, who, along with four family members, died in a road accident...
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15 killed, 25 injured in road accidents in five districts
At least 15 people were killed and 25 others injured in road accidents in Noakhali, Habiganj, Tangail, Jhenaidah and Bagerhat districts on Tuesday.聽聽
Woman killed in Dhaka road accident
A 55-year-old woman was killed when a bus ran over her in the Shahjahanpur area of the capital on Monday night...
Renting out city road spaces hampers public space, safety
THE initiative of the Dhaka North City Corporation to rent out road spaces where footpaths exist in areas such as Gulshan, Banani, Agargaon and Uttara can at best be construed as a means of earning some money. But as this could, as urban planners say, intensify traffic congestion in areas already grappling with the problem and obstruct pedestrians, this could prove to be...
Two killed, four injured in Sylhet road accident
A man and his daughter were killed and four others injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a car in Osmaninagar upazila of Sylhet on Saturday morning...
Motorcyclist killed as collision with truck sparks fire in Rajshahi
A motorcyclist was killed after his bike caught fire following a head-on collision with a truck in Mohanpur upazila of Rajshahi on early Thursday...
Unidentified woman killed in Dhaka road accident
An unidentified woman was killed in a road accident over Postogola Bridge in Shyampur area of the capital on early Tuesday...
Eight killed, 39 injured in five districts
At least eight people, including a woman, were killed and 39 others injured in road accidents on Monday in Jamalpur, Habiganj, Moulvibazar, Gopalganj and Tangail districts...
Four people killed in Jamalpur road accident
Four people were killed and four others were injured when a covered van hit a battery鈥搑un rickshaw on Jamalpur-Tangail highway in Sadar upazila of Jamalpur district on Monday...
Women, children among 13 killed in road accidents
At least 13 people, including five children and four women, were killed and eight others injured in separate road accidents in Chattogram, Noakhali, Pabna, Sherpur, Nilphamari, Madaripur and Bagerhat districts between Saturday night and Sunday...
Govt should act now to fix death traps on roads
A report of the Road Safety Foundation has exposed an alarming reality. At least 314 areas across Bangladesh have become accident-prone zones where thousands of people are maimed or killed every year. The study has identified 21 鈥榟igh-risk鈥� areas, including parts of Dhaka, Gazipur, Tangail, Chattogram and Mymensingh, where road deaths are disproportionately high...
Three people, including two school students, killed in Pabna road accident
Three people, including two school students, were killed and another was injured when a truck overturned and crashed their van in Bangabari area of Pabna Sadar upazila on Sunday morning...
Eight killed, 14 injured in road accidents in five dists
At least eight people were killed and 14 others injured in road accidents in five districts鈥擩halakati, Naogaon, Lalmonirhat, Dhaka and Faridpur鈥攆rom Friday night to Saturday...
Road Safety Foundation identifies 314 accident-prone upazilas across Bangladesh
A report has revealed at least 314 upazilas and cities across the country where more road crashes happened between 2020 and 2024...
Two people killed in Faridpur road accident
Two people were killed and five others injured when a truck hit a van on Majhkandi-Bhatiapara at Mujurdia in Boalmari upazila of Faridpur district on Friday night...
Two people killed in Naogaon road accident
Two people were killed and seven others were injured when a shallow-engine-run human hauler, locally known as a Bhotbhoti, overturned and plunged into a ditch on the Biharinagar Bypass in Dhamoirhat upazila of Naogaon district on Saturday...
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.
Driving training welcome step towards road safety
The government鈥檚 consideration of making 60 hours鈥� training from approved institutes mandatory for driving licences marks a overdue but commendable step towards improving road safety. For far too long, untrained and reckless driving has remained one of the principal causes of the appalling record of road accidents, which continue to claim thousands of lives every...
RMG workers block highway in Gazipur for arrears
Workers of AA Yarn Mills Ltd on Thursday blocked the Dhaka鈥揗ymensingh highway at Joina Bazar of the Sreepur upazila in Gazipur, demanding arrears for September.
ZESS Tyre undertakes initiative to promote road safety awareness
With the vision 鈥榬oad safety is our collective responsibility鈥�, tyre brand ZESS Tyre undertook an initiative to promote road safety awareness to improve overall road safety conditions, launching a day-long public awareness campaign across 11 major intersections in Dhaka on Wednesday...
Only radical transport sector reform can make roads safe
AS BANGLADESH observes National Road Safety Day 2025, the grim reality on its roads exposes the hollowness of official slogans and failures of successive governments to make meaningful changes. Despite repeated promises and millions of takas spent on awareness campaigns, roads remain death traps 鈥� chaotic, corrupt and criminally neglected. Over the past...
Roads turn more unsafe across Bangladesh
The overall road safety situation has deteriorated across the country over the past one year while the chaos on roads has intensified...
Unending tragedy of road deaths
EVERY day, 66 lives are lost on Bangladesh鈥檚 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鈥檚 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...
Road accidents in Bangladesh kill 1.17 lakh people in 12 years: report
At least 1,16,726 people were killed and 1,65,021 others were injured in 67,890 road accidents across Bangladesh in the past 12 years, according to a report released by the Passenger Welfare Association of Bangladesh on Tuesday...
Bodies of eight people, including seven killed in Oman road accident, arrive in Ctg
The bodies of eight Bangladeshi nationals, including seven expatriates from Sandwip upazila who were killed in a tragic road accident in Oman, arrived in Chattogram on Saturday night...
Apple secures US broadcasting rights for Formula One
Apple has secured exclusive US broadcasting rights for Formula One in a five-year partnership beginning next year, the tech giant and motorsport competition announced on Friday...
Four killed, 13 injured in road accidents
At least four people were killed and 13 others injured in road accidents in Khagrachari, Bogura聽and Gaibandha districts on Friday.
JU student among 7 killed, 32 injured in road accidents
At least seven people were killed and 32 others injured in road accidents in Tangail, Faridpur and Meherpur districts on Wednesday.聽
502 people killed in 504 road accidents across Bangladesh in Sept: report
At least 502 people were killed and 964 others were injured in 504 road accidents across Bangladesh in September, according to a report by the Passenger Welfare Association of Bangladesh.
Three people killed in Patuakhali road accident
Three people, including a member of Rapid Action Battalion, were killed and 50 others were injured in a head-on-collision between a bus and a minibus of the RAB on Barisal-Patuakhali-Kuakata highway at Fatullah Bus Stand in Sadar upazila of Patuakhali district on Saturday morning...
