Five killed in road accidents
At least five people were killed in road accidents in Dinajpur, Lakshmipur, Rajshahi and Chandpur districts between Monday night and Tuesday.
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College student killed in Rajshahi road accident
An 18-year-old college student was killed in a head-on collision between a motorcycle and an engine-run van in Mohonpur upazila of Rajshahi on Tuesday...
7 killed in road accidents
At least seven people were killed and four other injured in road accidents in Rajshahi, Munshiganj, Faridpur, Lakshmipur and Bogura on Monday.
Three people killed, three others injured Rajshahi road accident
At least three people were killed and three more were injured in a collision between an ambulance and a truck at Godagari upazila in Rajshahi on early Monday...
Govt should look into BRTC corruption, misgovernance
ALMOST a fourth of the Road Transport Corporation buses falling beyond economic repairs mainly because of poor maintenance in 15 years is worrying. The fleet of the agency has 1,512 buses. But, 1,102 buses run as 343 of them have been categorised beyond repairs, making any repairs financially not viable, and 64 are under heavy repairs. The agency bought 1,558 buses...
5 killed in road accidents
At least five people, including a teenager, were killed in road accidents in Lalmonirhat, Dhaka, Munshiganj and Jhenaidah on Friday.
Bangabandhu Bridge, tunnel renamed聽
The road transport and bridges ministry on Wednesday changed the name of the Bangabandhu Bridge over the River Jamuna and the Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Tunnel under the River Karnaphuli...
One killed in Naogaon road accident
A man was killed after being hit by a picnic bus in Dhamoirhat upazila of Naogaon, police said on Thursday...
4 highways, 8 bridges renamed
The road transport and bridges ministry on Monday changed names of four highways and eight bridges across the country, including the name of the expressway on the Dhaka-Mawa-Bhanga route...
Govt should put road regime effectively in order
RESIDENTS of Dhaka appear to be headed for a transport system completely in lawlessness as the road regime worsens riding on the indolence, deliberate or unintentional, of the authorities. Chaos on the road, which had often made the headlines for years, appears to have intensified largely after the August 2024 political changeover, when law enforcement...
Two people killed, six others injured in Sherpur road accident
Two people were killed and six others were injured injured in a road accident involving a microbus, an authorickshaw and a motorbike in Sherpur Sadar upazila on early Sunday, police said...
Road accidents kill 14 in 2 days
At least 14 people, including two children, were killed and 16 more were injured in road crashes that took place in six districts in the country on Friday and Saturday.
Three people killed in Bogura road accident
Three passengers of a battery-powered auto-rickshaw were killed, and three others were injured when a truck hit their vehicle in Dupchanchia upazila of Bogura on Friday night...
Medical college students block road in Barishal
A section of students of Sher-e-Bangla Medical College in Barishal blocked a road in front of their college for about an hour on Thursday demanding an immediate solution to the crisis of teachers...
Two youths killed in Habiganj road accident
Two youths were killed in a road accident on Dhaka-Sylhet highway in Shayestaganj upazila of Habiganj on Wednesday night, said police on Thursday morning...
One killed, two injured in Sylhet road accident
A woman was killed, and two others were injured in a collision between a bus and a CNG-run auto-rickshaw at Umanpur on the Sylhet-Tamabil highway....
One killed, 15 injured in Gopalganj road accident
A covered van driver was killed and at least 15 people were injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a covered van in Kashiani upazila of Gopalganj on Wednesday, police said...
Six killed in road accidents in 4 dists
At least six people were killed in road accidents in Dhaka, Kishoreganj, Sylhet and Chattogram on Tuesday....
Uber reports Tk 5,500cr economic activity in 2024
Uber, a ridesharing platform in Bangladesh, has reported Tk 5,500 crore economic activity in 2024 in the country...
Female journalist dies after sustaining injuries in road accident
Masuma Islam, a Rajshahi-based reporter of private television channel Ekhon TV, who received injuries in a road accident on Friday, passed away early Tuesday while undergoing treatment at a city hospital in Dhaka...
9 killed in road accidents
At least nine people were killed in road accidents in Pirojpur, Dhaka and Feni on Monday.
Cancellation of an enforcement order is not the answer
THE Bangladesh Road Transport Authority鈥檚 hasty decision to cancel its order on enforcing a meter-based fare for CNG-run auto rickshaws, as stipulated in the Road Transport Act 2018, is yet another case of poor governance that has been plaguing the public transport sector. On February 10, the BRTA sent a letter to the Dhaka Metropolitan Police, reminding them to file...
Couple killed after being hit by pickup van in Dhaka
A couple was killed and their daughter was injured after a pickup van hit them while they were crossing the road in the capital鈥檚 Jatrabari on Monday...
20 people injured in Dhaka-Mawa expressway road accident
At least 20 people were injured in an accident involving five vehicles on Dhaka-Mawa Expressway near Kamarkhola area in Munshiganj on Monday morning, fire service said...
BRTC to build buses from March
State-run Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation is going to start building single-decker buses from March with the aim of reducing the import of buses.
12 people injured in Dhaka-Mawa expressway road accident
At least 12 people were injured in an accident involving three vehicles on Dhaka-Mawa Expressway near Nimtali bus station in Sirajdikhan upazila in Munshiganj on Saturday...
30 people injured in Faridpur road accident
At least 30 people were injured when a bus carrying wedding guests fell into a roadside ditch in Bhobukdia area of Nagarkanda upazila on Dhaka-Barishal highway on Friday night...
Govt urged to enact new road safety law
Road Safety Coalition Bangladesh on Thursday urged the interim government to enact a separate road safety law to reduce the number of road crashes.
People suffer as traffic chaos reigns city roads
Traffic chaos reigned parts of Dhaka on Wednesday due to a road blockade, political programmes and metro rail construction activities, causing immense sufferings to the residents of the capital...
Persistent negligence in road maintenance deplorable
THE sorry state of the country鈥檚 road infrastructure is largely blamed on persistent negligence in road maintenance. The authorities, shelving out a huge amount of money, often unreasonably high, for road construction, appear to have continued to deprioritise road maintenance, while they should have always prioritised repair and maintenance work and allocated...