Bangladesh Road Crashes
Structural killings, not road ‘accidents’
Regular deaths on the highways of Bangladesh have become quite a "normal" thing.
Road accidents eat up over 1.5pc of GDP
Over 80 percent of the 7,713 road crash victims last year were aged between 18 and 65 years, the most productive segment of the population, Road Safety Foundation said yesterday.
Small vehicles shoot up, so do accidents
A sharp and unregulated growth of vehicles, especially motorcycles and three-wheelers, over the last few years has resulted in a spike in the numbers of road crashes and casualties.
223 deaths during Eid journey
At least 223 people die in accidents that took place on road, rail and waterways across the country in 12 days of Eid-ul-Azha journey.
Road Crash: Eleven killed in Savar, Thakurgaon
Eleven people, including seven women, were killed in road accidents in Thakurgaon and Savar yesterday.
8 dead in Thakurgaon road crash
At least eight people including four women are killed and twenty others injured in a tragic road accident on Thakurgaon-Dhaka highway.
Road crashes kill 16 in 3 dists
Sixteen people are killed and 25 others injured in separate road accidents in Sirajganj, Sunamganj and Natore districts.
2 children killed in Sylhet road crash
Two children sisters are killed and around 15 others injured when a bus plunges into a roadside ditch at Sylhet-Tamabil highway in Jaintiapur upazila of Sylhet.
No retreat
Student demonstrators yesterday said they would resume their peaceful protest for safe roads on Sunday to keep pressure on the authorities to implement their promises.
Structural killings, not road ‘accidents’
Regular deaths on the highways of Bangladesh have become quite a "normal" thing.
Road accidents eat up over 1.5pc of GDP
Over 80 percent of the 7,713 road crash victims last year were aged between 18 and 65 years, the most productive segment of the population, Road Safety Foundation said yesterday.
Small vehicles shoot up, so do accidents
A sharp and unregulated growth of vehicles, especially motorcycles and three-wheelers, over the last few years has resulted in a spike in the numbers of road crashes and casualties.
223 deaths during Eid journey
At least 223 people die in accidents that took place on road, rail and waterways across the country in 12 days of Eid-ul-Azha journey.
Road Crash: Eleven killed in Savar, Thakurgaon
Eleven people, including seven women, were killed in road accidents in Thakurgaon and Savar yesterday.
8 dead in Thakurgaon road crash
At least eight people including four women are killed and twenty others injured in a tragic road accident on Thakurgaon-Dhaka highway.
Road crashes kill 16 in 3 dists
Sixteen people are killed and 25 others injured in separate road accidents in Sirajganj, Sunamganj and Natore districts.
2 children killed in Sylhet road crash
Two children sisters are killed and around 15 others injured when a bus plunges into a roadside ditch at Sylhet-Tamabil highway in Jaintiapur upazila of Sylhet.
No retreat
Student demonstrators yesterday said they would resume their peaceful protest for safe roads on Sunday to keep pressure on the authorities to implement their promises.
2 killed as picnic bus hits truck in Bagerhat
Two people are killed and eight others injured as a picnic bus hit a stationery truck on Khulna-Bagerhat highway near Hazrat Khan Jahan Ali’s shrine in Bagerhat Sadar upazila early today.