Remove chaos in the transport sector, make roads safer

The Eid festivities in April marked a grim milestone with a record number of road traffic accidents and casualties.

Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity today demanded that the government extend the Eid-ul-Fitr vacation by two days to ensure smooth and hassle-free journey of holidaymakers

Jatri Kalyan Samity says govt-managed transportation key to address the capital's traffic woes

Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity says during 2015-2022 at least 61,616 people were killed and 1.12 lakh injured in 44,171 incidents

The upcoming national election means that the travelling woes for homeward bound people this Eid-ul-Azha will be tied to the government’s image issue.

At least 328 people were killed and 565 injured in 304 road accidents in 15 days (from April 15 to 29) during the Eid rush, Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity said

The government has asked the non-government organisations working on road safety to inform the authorities concerned before releasing data on road crashes and casualties.

For the first time, the road transport and bridges ministry has made public the statistics of road accidents and casualties for a particular month, January.

Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity has demanded the government immediately repeal its decision of hiking fuel prices to ease the already-existing sufferings of the people created by the price hikes of essentials.

Road safety campaigner Mozammel Hoque Chowdhury was freed from jail last night, hours after a Dhaka court rejected a police petition seeking to show him arrested in a case filed under Explosive Substances Act.

Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity Secretary General Mozammel Hoque Chowdhury is released from Dhaka Central Jail.

A Dhaka court yesterday granted bail to Mozammel Hoque Chowdhury, secretary general of Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity, in an extortion case.

While family members of road safety campaigner Mozammel Hoque Chowdhury sought the prime minister's intervention for his release in an extortion case, police yesterday moved to show him arrested in another case filed in February.

A Dhaka court yesterday sent Mozammel Hoque Chowdhury, secretary general of Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity, to jail rejecting prayers for bail and remand in a case filed for extortion.

Md Dulal, the complainant of the extortion case filed against road safety campaigner Mozammel Hoque Chowdhury, yesterday said he signed a computer-typed paper without knowing what was written on it.

Despite some measures taken by the authorities to ensure road safety following the recent student movement, the number of road accidents and causalities has increased during the Eid rush this year compared to last year's figures, according to a passenger welfare platform.

Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity urges the government to take necessary measures so that no vehicle without fitness can ply on the highways during Eid rush.

At least 2,123 people were killed and 5,558 injured in 1,871 road accidents in last four months across the country, which is higher than the same period of last year, a passenger platform says.

Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity protests the proposed hike in train fares saying the government can minimise losses by setting up a proper management process instead.