accident
4 die as truck overturns in Dinajpur
At least four people are killed and five others injured after a truck overturned and fell into a ditch in Parbatipur upazila of Dinajpur this morning.
3 February 2016, 04:59 AM
2 Rab men killed as truck hits van
Two members of the Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) were killed in a head-on collision between their vehicle and a truck in Narayanganj's Araihazar upazila yesterday.
29 January 2016, 18:00 PM
Reckless driving ruins 2 families
Reckless driving virtually wiped out two families yesterday as slack enforcement of traffic rules continue to give law-breaking drivers impunity, exposing thousands of road users to the constant danger.
26 January 2016, 18:00 PM
Ronaldinho's lucky escape
Brazilian soccer legend Ronaldinho had a miraculous escape on Monday after a traffic signal post fell in front of the car carrying him seconds before it sped away in Kozhikode city of southern Indian state of Kerala.
25 January 2016, 18:00 PM
Hearts of stone
The man was lying flat on the road, bleeding profusely. He raised his right hand and waved weakly for help. His motorbike was lying two feet away near the road divider only 50 yards off Hotel Radisson.
23 January 2016, 18:17 PM
The stone hearts
“It seemed to me that people in the cars do not have empathy for people. While they screamed at me, the pedestrians and poorer ones came to help. What will we do with this so-called education and social status?” Saif writes after the injured man whom three hospitals declined to treat died in his car.
23 January 2016, 10:23 AM
Lights were out during pile-ups
All 153 sodium lights on Bangabandhu Bridge were turned off during the 16-vehicle pile-ups on the bridge in the early morning fog of January 9 that left six people dead.
To the astonishment of many, Bangladesh Bridge Authority, which looks after the country's longest bridge, had usually been using only half of the lights on the bridge to “save electricity”, even in dense fog.
17 January 2016, 18:00 PM
Twin tragedies strike within eight hours
She wanted a new school dress, white in colour, as she would be admitted to Tejgaon Government Girls High School. But what her
16 January 2016, 18:00 PM
Highway speed limit 50 in foggy weather
To prevent road crashes, the government has lowered the speed limit to 50kmph on highways during foggy weather, despite the fact that similar decisions on road safety remain unimplemented for years.
12 January 2016, 18:00 PM
3 killed as prison van rams 3-wheeler
At least three passengers of a rickshaw-van were killed and five others injured yesterday when a prison van rammed it in Rangpur Sadar upazila.
11 January 2016, 18:00 PM
Road crashes killed at least 8,642 last year
At least 8,642 people were killed and 21,855 others were injured in road crashes across the country last year.
9 January 2016, 18:00 PM
Road crash: Minister's son among 6 killed on Bangabandhu bridge
Land Minister Shamsur Rahman Sherif’s son is one of the nine victims of the separate road crashes on the Bangabandhu bridge in Tangail and Damurhuda upazila of Chuadanga district.
9 January 2016, 05:51 AM
Knock-on accident kills 4
In dense fog, a pickup tore through a police barricade set up to recover a flipped onion-laden truck and ran over
29 December 2015, 18:00 PM
Minor fire at Dhaka airport
Fire breaks out at an office room of the second floor of Dhaka's Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport. Believed to have been caused by an electrical malfunction, the fire is said to have caused insignificant damage.
20 December 2015, 04:27 AM
Air India technician dies in accident
An Air India technician was killed when the ground staff was sucked into an aircraft’s engine at Chhatrapati Shivaji domestic airport in Mumbai yesterday.
17 December 2015, 06:59 AM
Truck turns over in Bandarban, 7 killed
Seven people are killed and eight others injured after a truck overturns in Bandarban’s Lama upazila. Four of them killed instantly crushed under the heavy construction materials that the truck was carrying. Police and district officials are en route to visit the spot.
17 December 2015, 04:20 AM
French bus crash: Pensioners killed in truck collision (video)
At least 42 pensioners on a day trip are killed after their bus collided with a truck and burst into flames in south-western France.
23 October 2015, 07:45 AM
Student’s death: Locals block Kalshi road demanding speed breaker
Locals block a road in Mirpur of Dhaka for two hours today demanding construction of a speed breaker following a road accident that killed a female student yesterday.
22 October 2015, 09:34 AM
Road crashes kill 9 in 3 dists
Nine people are killed and eight injured in separate road crashes in Dhaka, Rajshahi and Dinajpur districts in 12 hours till this morning.
22 October 2015, 07:07 AM
Truck kills man in Dhaka
A man was killed early today as a truck ran him over in Mohammadpur area in Dhaka.
22 October 2015, 06:25 AM