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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...

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Overlooked threat of unattended bridges, culverts

THE Roads and Highways Department’s finding that at least 712 bridges and culverts across the country are in urgent need of repairs is alarming. The figure, drawn from inspections in six of the department’s 10 zones, paints a deplorable picture of the state of national infrastructure. An additional 1,319 structures are on the brink of degradation, pending maintenance, and at...

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9 killed, 30 injured in road accidents

At least nine people were killed and 30 others injured in six road accidents in four districts, Dinajpur, Habiganj, Rajshahi and Magura, on Monday...

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People suffer as Ishraque supporters block Gulistan

A large group of supporters of Bangladesh Nationalist Party leader Ishraque Hossain on Monday blocked the road in front of Nagar Bhaban, the headquarters of Dhaka South City Corporation, and a portion of the Gulistan crossing, demanding...

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WHO urges urgent action to curb road accidents in Bangladesh

Road accidents in Bangladesh were claiming the lives of young people at an alarming rate—an ‘unacceptable reality’ that had to be urgently addressed, said Ahmed Jamsheed Mohamed, the World Health Organization representative to Bangladesh, on Sunday...

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Water bottle thrown at info adviser Mahfuj

Information and broadcasting adviser Mahfuj Alam came under attack on Wednesday night while speaking at a Jagannath University students’ sit-in in front of the Kakrail Mosque police barricade near the chief adviser’s official residence Jamuna in Dhaka.

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5 killed in road accidents

At least five people, including a Secondary School Certificate examinee, were killed in road accidents in Rangpur, Dhaka and Satkhira on Tuesday...

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5 killed in road accidents

At least five people were killed in road accidents in Chattogram, Gazipur and Bagerhat districts on Sunday...

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Six killed, several injured in road accidents

At least six people, including a child and two teenagers, were killed and several others critically injured in separate road accidents in Savar, Jhenaidah, Panchagarh and Chattogram on Friday.

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Road accidents kill 583 in April: report

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...