Deaths on roads continued as 11 people were killed and 42 others injured in road crashes in different parts of the country yesterday.

In the wake of scores of deaths on roads, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday issued directives, including drive-time limitations on drivers of long-route vehicles, to prevent accidents and casualties.

Come road tragedies, come rhetorical reactions. Probe committees are formed, recommendations made and all left to be forgotten till the next major crashes.

At least 35 people are killed and 82 others injured in road accidents in eight districts. Among the victims, 16 are killed in Gaibandha, six in Rangpur, two each in Natore, Gopalganj, Sirajganj, Faridpur, Laxmipur districts and one in Savar of Dhaka district.

Six people are killed and 17 injured in two separate road accidents in Sirajganj and Nilphamari districts.

At least 2,297 people were killed and 5,480 injured in road accidents in the last six months, a sharp rise in the death toll compared to the same period last year, said an organisation campaigning for safety in the transport sector.

In a reunion full of elation, Halim Akand was received by four members of his family on his return from Saudi Arabia early yesterday.

Two men and a woman have been killed in three separate road crashes in the capital today.

Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader holds transport owners responsible for road crashes and indiscipline in the sector and says they will soon be brought under the purview of punishment.

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.

Every day as holidayers returned from home, scores died in road crashes. And this prompted the government to make some insanely funny decisions.

Low speed and slippery driving make CNG-run auto-rickshaws ideal prey for road crashes causing loss of innocent lives on the highways.

In view of the recent deaths in highway road crashes, a government body “banned” CNG auto-rickshaws from faring on highways.

Six people die in separate road crashes in Mohonpur upazila and in the city.