reckless driving
Continued student deaths put the focus back on road safety
RSF data shows the urgency of strict interventions in transport sector
A Licence to Kill
Why is it possible to manufacture and advertise a car that goes faster than the maximum allowable speed?
Why is nothing being done about the endless road crashes?
Those responsible for road safety must be held accountable for their failure to check deadly crashes
Taxi falls into Turag while overtaking bus
The ill-fated yellow-coloured taxicab was overtaking a bus near the bridge over Turag river in Savar, an eyewitness says.
Editorial / Road Transport Bill, 2018 falls short
The cabinet has given final approval to the proposed Road Transport Bill, 2018. There are some good measures in the proposed act like minimum educational qualification (Grade 8) and minimum age (18 years) to get a professional driver license, and introduction of a 12-point system which would lead to ultimately cancellation of license for violation of law.
Bus rams into road divider in Dhanmondi
A passenger bus rams into a road divider in Dhanmondi of Dhaka.
Editorial / Reckless driving cost lives!
We are shocked at the death of an elderly couple who were killed at the East Sheorapara bus stand on September 14 after being struck by a speeding car.
Reckless driving takes 10 lives
Ten people were killed and 20 others injured in a head-on collision between a stone-laden truck and a bus in the district's Sherpur upazila yesterday.
Reckless Driving / Mother killed in front of six-year-old son
Six-year-old Mohammad Yusuf was holding a pair of sandals of his mother at Dhaka Medical College Hospital yesterday, hoping she would put them on soon.
Continued student deaths put the focus back on road safety
RSF data shows the urgency of strict interventions in transport sector
A Licence to Kill
Why is it possible to manufacture and advertise a car that goes faster than the maximum allowable speed?
Why is nothing being done about the endless road crashes?
Those responsible for road safety must be held accountable for their failure to check deadly crashes
Taxi falls into Turag while overtaking bus
The ill-fated yellow-coloured taxicab was overtaking a bus near the bridge over Turag river in Savar, an eyewitness says.
Road Transport Bill, 2018 falls short
The cabinet has given final approval to the proposed Road Transport Bill, 2018. There are some good measures in the proposed act like minimum educational qualification (Grade 8) and minimum age (18 years) to get a professional driver license, and introduction of a 12-point system which would lead to ultimately cancellation of license for violation of law.
Bus rams into road divider in Dhanmondi
A passenger bus rams into a road divider in Dhanmondi of Dhaka.
Reckless driving cost lives!
We are shocked at the death of an elderly couple who were killed at the East Sheorapara bus stand on September 14 after being struck by a speeding car.
Reckless driving takes 10 lives
Ten people were killed and 20 others injured in a head-on collision between a stone-laden truck and a bus in the district's Sherpur upazila yesterday.
Mother killed in front of six-year-old son
Six-year-old Mohammad Yusuf was holding a pair of sandals of his mother at Dhaka Medical College Hospital yesterday, hoping she would put them on soon.
Opinion: arresting for traffic rules violation is a crazy idea
In a country where corrupt practices dominate traffic rules and laws, the Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) has prepared a draft law under which police would not require any warrant to arrest anyone for violation of traffic rules. Police lodge around 70,000 cases a month and there is a huge backlog of cases. Will this new law, if passed, help the situation?
