Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader yesterday said road accidents have become a major concern, once again admitting his failure to bring discipline in the road transport sector.

Three teenagers were killed after a bus rammed into their motorbike on Dhaka-Tangail highway in Gazipur's Konabari area yesterday.

A four-year-old boy is killed after being hit by a rickshaw in Mugda area of Dhaka.

Opposition lawmaker Mujibul Haque Chunnu yesterday in parliament criticised Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader, for the recent frequent incidents of road accidents in different parts of the country.

Four passengers of a microbus are killed and 12 others injured as a bus rammed the vehicle in Patiya upazila of Chattogram.

Three of a family were killed and several others injured when a microbus crashed into a tree in Mymensingh early yesterday.

Four people are killed and 30 others injured following a head-on collision between a bus and a truck on Khulna-Mawa highway in Bagerhat’s Fakirhat upazila.

Four passengers are killed when a bus hit a CNG-run auto-rickshaw in Begumganj upazila of Noakhali.

Three members of a family die after a truck collided head-on with their motorbike in Bagatipara upazila of Natore.

In a span of less than two months, another student died in a road accident in Chattogram city yesterday.

At least five people were killed and four others critically injured as a microbus hit a roadside tree after the driver lost control in Brahmanbaria's Bijoynagar upazila yesterday.

The capital's Malibagh neighbourhood turned violent yesterday as garments workers went on a rampage -- vandalising and setting fire to vehicles -- and clashed with police following the death of two girls, including a garment worker in a road accident in the area.

A motorcyclist is killed and another injured as their vehicle crashed into a road divider in Dhaka’s Hatirjheel area.

At least 13 people, including seven women, were killed in road accidents in six districts yesterday.

When it comes to unnatural deaths of children, road accident is the second biggest killer, right after drowning, but there is no specific government policy or action for preventing this or educating children about traffic rules.

Six people including a couple are killed in separate road accidents in Khulna, Feni and Lalmonirhat.

A motorcycle rider is killed and another injured in a road accident in Dhaka’s Hatirjheel area.

Five people were killed and two others injured in road accidents in two districts yesterday, according to reports from our correspondents.

Angry students halted vehicular movement on Dhaka-Chittagong highway in Narayanganj for around five hours after a bus hit a schoolgirl in Kanchpur area, leaving her injured.

Most pedestrians were jaywalking at Shahbagh. Only a handful used the zebra crossings and footbridges. Buses were picking up and dropping off passengers in the middle of streets as rickshaws waited for passengers blocking part of the busy intersection.