Six killed in road accidents in districts
At least six people were killed and seven others injured in road accidents in Faridpur, Dinajpur, Sylhet, Jhenaidah and Magura districts between Saturday night and Sunday.聽聽
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Two arrested, 34 others sued over attack on trader on Elephant Road
Police on Sunday arrested two persons in connection with injuring a trader by hacking him on the Elephant Road in the capital on Friday night.
Farmers at a crossroads
AS AN agrarian nation, Bangladesh鈥檚 economy is deeply intertwined with the agricultural sector. Agriculture remains the primary source of income for many, with a significant portion of the population depending on it. According to Bangladesh鈥檚 2018 Economic Survey, agriculture employs 40.6 per cent of the workforce and contributes 14.10 per cent to...
Fog disrupts ferry services, flight operations across Bangladesh
The ferry services on Daulatdia-Paturia and Aricha-Kazirhat routes were disrupted for 10 hours and two flights were diverted from Dhaka to Sylhet on Sunday due to dense fog.
Man killed in road accident in Dhaka
A person was killed in a collision between two motorcycles on Saturday night at Bijoy Sharani, one of the busiest thoroughfares in the capital...
8,543 people killed in road accidents in Bangladesh in 2024: report
The country saw more road accidents and casualties in the immediate past year compared with 2023, a report of the Passenger Welfare Association of Bangladesh revealed on Saturday...
Postgraduate trainee doctors block Shahbagh for over eight hours
Postgraduate trainee doctors and private postgraduate trainee physicians on Sunday blocked the Shahbagh crossing to press home their one-point demand for increasing their pay to...
BRTA offices to remain聽open on Saturdays
In a move aimed at enhancing customer service, the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority has announced that its offices will remain open on Saturdays, the weekly holiday in the country.
Four of family killled after auto-rickshaw, truck collide
Four people of a family were killed after a drum truck and CNG-run auto-rickshaw collided on the Mymensingh-Netrokona highway in Mymensingh鈥檚 Tarakanda upazila Thursday morning.
Two women, truck driver killed in Munshiganj, Natore road accidents
Two unidentified women and a trucker were killed and nine others were injured in separate road accidents amid dense fog in Munshiganj and Natore districts respectively on early Monday, said the authorities...
1 killed, 11 injured in vehicle collisions on Dhaka-Mawa expressway
Multiple-vehicle collisions, caused by dense fog, on the Dhaka-Mawa Expressway, on Sunday morning left one person and 11 injured...
Those responsible for road crashes must face justice: adviser Nahid
Information and broadcasting adviser Md Nahid Islam on Saturday said that an impression was pervasive in society that justice was impossible when someone powerful was involved in a road crash....
Powerful people not held accountable after causing road accidents: Nahid
Information and broadcasting adviser Md Nahid Islam on Saturday said that an impression had developed that there was no justice if someone from the higher level of the society is involved in a road accident...
Seven killed in road accidents in four districts
At least seven people were killed in separate road accidents in Sylhet, Bagerhat, Dinajpur and Rajshahi from Thursday evening to Friday.
Govt to take action against BRTA if services not improved within one month
The government will take action against officials of the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority from top to bottom if it does not improve its services within the next one month...
Four people killed in Cox鈥檚 Bazar road accident
Four people were killed as a dump truck rammed an auto-rickshaw on Pekua-ABC regional highway at Dhaniakata in Pekua upazila of Cox鈥檚 Bazar on Thursday...
497 killed in road accidents in November: report
At least 497 people were killed and 747 others injured in 415 road accidents across the country in November, said a report published by the Passenger Welfare Association of Bangladesh on Tuesday...
Five people killed in Kishoreganj road accident
Five people, including the driver and four passengers, were killed on Monday morning in a road accident on the Dhaka-Sylhet Highway in Bhairab, Kishoreganj...
7 killed, 15 hurt in road accidents
At least seven people were killed and 15 others injured in road accidents in Cumilla, Noakhali, Munshiganj and Sylhet between Saturday night and Sunday....
Two people killed in Sylhet road accident
Two passengers of a CNG-run auto-rickshaw were killed in a head-on collision with a bus on the Sylhet-Dhaka highway in South Surma on Saturday...
Three people killed in Cumilla road accident
Three people were killed and 10 others were injured when a bus crashed into a roadside tree on Dhaka-Chattagram highway in Chauddagram upazila of Cumilla district on Sunday...
BRTC to launch AC bus service in BRT corridor today
The government is set to introduce the much-sought AC bus service under the Bangladesh Road Transport Corporation in the Bus Rapid Transit corridor on Sunday...
Four people killed in Gazipur road accident
Four people were killed when a rickshaw was sandwiched between a truck and a covered van on Dhaka-Mymensingh highway at Bhogra Bypass area on Wednesday night...
Three people killed in Brahmanbaria road accident
Three people were killed and six others were injured in a triangular crash involving a truck, a pick-up van and a microbus on Dhaka-Sylhet highway in Bijoynagar upazila of Brahmanbaria district on Wednesday...
NBA hosts grand finale of 鈥楳astering the Power of Voice鈥�
For the first time in Bangladesh, the News Broadcasters Alliance (NBA) successfully organised the grand finale of its pioneering workshop, 鈥楳astering the Power of Voice,鈥� a groundbreaking initiative for television news presenters across the country, says a press release.
5 killed in Cumilla road accidents
Five people were killed and several others injured in separate road accidents in Daudkandi upazila of Cumilla on Saturday.
Education ministry deputy secretary killed in Barishal road accident
A deputy secretary of education ministry was killed in a road accident at Kazirchar Pyadar Hat area in Muladi upazila of Barishal on Friday afternoon.
Eight killed in road accidents
At least eight people, including a child, were killed in separate road accidents in Barishal, Lalmonirhat, Kurigram and Dinajpur on Friday.
Two people killed in Kurigram road accident
Two businessmen were killed in a road accident in Bhurungamari upazila of Kurigram district, said police on Friday morning...
Tools against corruption should not be rhetorical
PASSPORT, road transport administration, law enforcement and judicial services have come up to be the top four corrupt services sectors from 2017 to 2023, as Transparency International Bangladesh surveys for 2023, 2021 and 2017, the latest three of the surveys that the corruption watchdog have published since 1997, show. In the 2021 and 2017 surveys, the most corrupt service sectors were the same and in the...