A REPORT that Dhaka鈥檚 north city authorities and the city police have prepared says that about 61 per cent of all fatal victims of road accidents that took place in the areas under the north city authority jurisdiction in 2023 were pedestrians. The report was made public at a meeting on road safety that the Road Transport and Highways Division and the Bloomberg...
AT LEAST 322 people died and 826 became wounded in 315 road accidents during Eid-ul-Fitr holidays, keeping to Passenger Welfare Association of Bangladesh figures. While the report notes some progress in view the corresponding 2024 occasion, as accidents reduced by 21.05 per cent, fatalities by 20.88 per cent and injuries by 40.91 per cent, the overall figures remain...
THOUSANDS travel to outlying areas from the capital to celebrate Eid with friends and family and the journey almost always remains risky. This was no different this Eid. Road accidents left at least 41 dead and numerous others wounded across the country during Eid holidays. In an accident at the Chunti Jangalia point on the Chattogram鈥揅ox鈥檚 Bazar Highway on April 2, a...
At least six people, including a father and his two minor daughters, were killed and 22 others were injured in road accidents across the country on Thursday...
At least 42 people were killed and 63 others were injured in road accidents across Bangladesh during the Eid vacation in four days between Sunday and Wednesday...
At least seven people were killed and 13 others injured in road accidents in Jashore, Jaipurhat and Thakurgaon between Tuesday night and Wednesday...
At least 608 people were killed and 1,100 more injured in 621 road accidents in the country in January, said a Road Safety Foundation report published on Tuesday...
At least five people, including a schoolboy, were killed and four others injured in road accidents in Rajshahi, Noakhali, Tangail and Meherpur on Monday...
Over 150 families have been completely 鈥榳iped out鈥� in the last five years in road crashes, said a Road Safety Foundation report published on Tuesday...
At least five people were killed in separate road accidents in Sherpur and Chapainawabganj on Wednesday...
At least six people, including a college principal, were killed in separate road accidents in Narail, Natore and Sylhet between Tuesday evening and Wednesday...
At least nine people were killed and 18 others injured in road accidents in Bagerhat, Gazipur, Tangail, Cumilla and Sherpur between Sunday night and Monday...
At least 11 people were killed and 34 others injured in separate road accidents in Gopalganj, Narsingdi, Nilphamari and Madaripur between Saturday night and Sunday...
THE death of three students in road accidents on an average every day, which has happened for five years and a half, as a Road Safety Foundation report published on July 13 says, is as concerning as any other such death. The report says that at least 5,619 students died in traffic accidents in January 2019鈥揓une 2024, noting that 611 students...
Road accidents killed three students on average per day in the country in the past five years and a half, revealed a Road Safety Foundation report published on Saturday...
At least six people, including a mother and her daughter, were killed in separate road accidents in Munshiganj, Jaipurhat, Dinajpur and Bagerhat districts on Saturday...
Thirty people were killed and 45 others injured in 27 road accidents in Sylhet division in the month of June alone, according to a report published by Sylhet divisional committee of Nirapad Sarak Chai...
THE Road Transport Authority reports that 215 people died and 278 became wounded in 216 accidents around Eid time. The chair of the BRTA has urged the public to adhere to traffic laws and criticised civic groups for their recent reports on road accidents...
Awami League general secretary and road transport and bridges minister Obaidul Quader said on Wednesday that reckless driving, motorcycles and easy bikes were causing the highest number of road accidents across the country.
Four people, including three motorcyclists, were killed and nine others injured in road accidents in Mymensingh, Sylhet, Narail and Chapainawabganj on Friday...
Three people were killed and five others injured in separate road accidents in front of Jhumjhumpur BGB office under Sadar upazila of Jashore district on Monday...
During the last Eid-ul-Fitr holiday, daily on an average nearly five students were killed in road crashes, a report of the Road Safety Foundation revealed on Wednesday...