road safety movement

More buses cannot guarantee safer, better service

Holistic approach needed to improve public transport system

Will road safety remain a mirage?

We have yet to see the full implementation of the Road Transport Act, 2018, even though five years have passed since its passage in parliament

A youth forced to censor their thoughts

It is a well-known fact that politicians seek to retain power once they attain it.

Passenger Rights Day / Road safety barely an afterthought

The transport sector in Bangladesh is plagued by irregularities, lawlessness, unreasonable fares, and passenger distress

The undelivered promise of road safety

Govt attitude must change for such tragedies to end

Why must Eid journeys be life-threatening?

Eid vacations in Bangladesh are a time of joy and celebration with family, but it can also quickly take a turn for worse owing to the risky journey back home.

We need reliable official data on road crashes

Reliable data key to preventing road crashes and casualties

Will death haunt us again this Eid?

Govt must fully implement road safety act, prevent crashes during upcoming Eid rush

Column by Mahfuz Anam: Not road accidents, but ‘murder’ by neglect

A death is an accident only when it occurs in spite of all logical, scientific and experience-based steps taken to prevent it.

February 6, 2024
February 6, 2024

More buses cannot guarantee safer, better service

Holistic approach needed to improve public transport system

December 12, 2023
December 12, 2023

Will road safety remain a mirage?

We have yet to see the full implementation of the Road Transport Act, 2018, even though five years have passed since its passage in parliament

September 24, 2023
September 24, 2023

A youth forced to censor their thoughts

It is a well-known fact that politicians seek to retain power once they attain it.

September 13, 2023
September 13, 2023

Road safety barely an afterthought

The transport sector in Bangladesh is plagued by irregularities, lawlessness, unreasonable fares, and passenger distress

July 23, 2023
July 23, 2023

The undelivered promise of road safety

Govt attitude must change for such tragedies to end

April 25, 2023
April 25, 2023

Why must Eid journeys be life-threatening?

Eid vacations in Bangladesh are a time of joy and celebration with family, but it can also quickly take a turn for worse owing to the risky journey back home.

April 12, 2023
April 12, 2023

We need reliable official data on road crashes

Reliable data key to preventing road crashes and casualties

April 7, 2023
April 7, 2023

Will death haunt us again this Eid?

Govt must fully implement road safety act, prevent crashes during upcoming Eid rush

March 24, 2023
March 24, 2023

Column by Mahfuz Anam: Not road accidents, but ‘murder’ by neglect

A death is an accident only when it occurs in spite of all logical, scientific and experience-based steps taken to prevent it.

March 21, 2023
March 21, 2023

Who is to blame for unsafe roads?

Our policymakers’ apathy is the real problem