road accident

Roads deadly, committees silent

After last year’s mass uprising, at least four key committees or task forces had been entrusted with overseeing road safety -- a critical issue long neglected, costing hundreds of lives annually
21 October 2025, 18:12 PM

70% of motorcyclists in Chattogram city exceed speed limits: Survey

Chattogram city sees a surge in road accidents, with 44 percent of vehicles violating speed limits
25 September 2025, 07:09 AM

73% of DNCC road crash victims pedestrians

Pedestrians, motorcyclists, and cyclists make up 95 percent of reported road traffic fatalities in Dhaka North City Corporation areas, according to a report.
22 September 2025, 18:00 PM

Road crashes claim 22 lives every day

At least 86,690 people were killed and 1,53,257 injured in 62,619 road crashes across the country over the last 11 years, Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity said yesterday.
13 September 2025, 18:10 PM

Funding uncertainty stalls post-crash response plan

The health authorities seek to roll out a post-crash response plan for the first time to reduce preventable deaths and disabilities resulting from road accidents, but funding uncertainties are delaying its implementation.
12 September 2025, 19:50 PM

The Cumilla crash exposes a systemic failure

The video of a crash in Cumilla last month presents the horrifying portrait of a system in collapse.
6 September 2025, 10:04 AM

RU student killed in motorcycle, rickshaw collision

The victim was dragged several yards by the auto-rickshaw
4 September 2025, 03:10 AM

Three killed as private car overturns on Dhaka-Mawa Expressway

The car rammed into a roadside railing and overturned
21 August 2025, 02:49 AM

Chander Gari skids off road, crushes woman to death in Bandarban; seven injured

Victims were on their way home from the weekly market
20 August 2025, 16:14 PM

7 of a family killed as microbus plunges into canal in Noakhali

They were returning home after receiving a relative from Dhaka airport
6 August 2025, 02:34 AM

6 killed in separate road crashes

Six people have been killed in separate road accidents in Faridpur, Gopalganj, and Shariatpur.
24 July 2025, 18:44 PM

Seven of family among 8 killed in Natore crash

Seven members of a family in a microbus and its driver were killed when a truck rammed the vehicle head-on on the Bonpara-Hatikumrul highway in Natore’s Boraigram upazila yesterday.
23 July 2025, 18:10 PM

Two DNCC cleaners die after being hit by covered van in Khilkhet

Police have seized the vehicle and detained the driver
6 July 2025, 04:35 AM

5 killed in two road crashes in Dhaka

Five people were killed in two separate road accidents in the capital's Uttara and Bijoy Sarani areas early yesterday.
29 June 2025, 18:52 PM

Seven killed in Mymensingh road crash

At least seven people were killed and several others injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a human haulier in Mymensingh’s Phulpur upazila last night
19 June 2025, 22:00 PM

Mother, daughter among four killed on roads

At least four people, including a mother and her infant daughter, were killed, and 20 others were injured in road crashes in Pabna and Mymensingh yesterday.
11 June 2025, 18:32 PM

Bus helper killed, 19 injured in Mymensingh road accident

Police have seized the bus and a case has been filed with the police station
11 June 2025, 05:42 AM

Of overflowing emergency and lingering waits

Sufia Begum, a 55-year-old woman from Munshiganj’s Sreenagar, suffered severe injuries to her right hand when a motorcycle struck her on the day of Eid-ul-Azha (Saturday) when she was crossing a road near her home.
10 June 2025, 21:00 PM

Two motorcyclists die after being run over by truck in Banani

The accident occurred around 9:00am near the Kakoli bus stand
25 May 2025, 05:12 AM

Four of family die as bus hits ambulance

For long, Billal Fakir, 40, and his family wanted a fourth child. On the day their wish was to be granted, fate betrayed them.
8 May 2025, 18:03 PM