road crash

When will sanity return to our roads?

What we need is strict implementation of our existing regulations.
9 March 2024

Road crash claims 7 lives in Mymensingh

A tragic accident on the Mymensingh-Sherpur Highway yesterday claimed the lives of a family of three, including a couple and their eight-year-old son, who were on their way to a relative’s funeral.
16 February 2024

Constable killed as train hits police van in Jamalpur

A constable was killed and another was seriously injured when a local train hit a police van in Jamalpur's Sadar upazila early today
3 December 2023

Road Crash, Casualties: Even BRTA, police figures don’t tally

Road crash data from two government agencies does not match and this could lead to problems in making informed decisions on road safety
11 April 2023

Column by Mahfuz Anam: Not road accidents, but ‘murder’ by neglect

A death is an accident only when it occurs in spite of all logical, scientific and experience-based steps taken to prevent it.
23 March 2023

Who is to blame for unsafe roads?

Our policymakers’ apathy is the real problem
21 March 2023

Wedding joy turns to grief as train hits and kills groom’s nephew

A 14-year-old boy died after being hit by a train in Dhaka's Kuril this morning, hours after the festivities surrounding his uncle's wedding last night
12 March 2023

How long before BRTA does its part?

Rampant irregularities and corruption must be checked
4 February 2023

Woman crushed to death between two buses in Gulistan

A woman was crushed to death between two buses in Dhaka’s Gulistan area today.
3 October 2022

7-yr-old runs to rail tracks while playing, train runs over

A seven-year-old boy was killed after a train ran over him in Dhaka’s Moghbazar Wireless area this afternoon (August 8, 2022).
8 August 2022

19 killed in Tamil Nadu bus-lorry collision

At least 19 people have been killed after a bus collided with a lorry near Tirupur district in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu.
20 February 2020

24 killed in Tunisia bus crash

At least 24 Tunisians were killed after a bus crashed during an excursion in the northern town of Amdoun, the health ministry says.
2 December 2019

Truck runs over freedom fighter in Dhaka

A freedom fighter is run over by a truck near Muktijoddha Market in the capital’s Mirpur area.
26 November 2019

224 killed on road in 12 days of Eid rush

At least 224 people were killed and 866 injured in 203 road crashes across the country in 12 days during the Eid holiday rush, a passenger welfare group said yesterday.
18 August 2019

Eleven killed on roads in two days

Eleven people, including four students, were killed in road crashes in the last two days.
17 August 2019

3 killed in Narayanganj road crash

Three persons are killed and eight others are injured in a road accident involving a pick-up van and a human haulier in Rupganj upazila of Narayanganj.
23 July 2019

Additional IGP killed in Congo road crash

An additional inspector general of Bangladesh police was killed in a road crash in Congo on Sunday during her visit to a UN peacekeeping mission there.
6 May 2019

Seven killed in road crashes

Seven people, including a three-year old, were killed in road crashes in Mymensingh, Dinajpur and Chattogram yesterday.
20 April 2019

Road Accident: Critically injured NGO official to be operated

A senior official of the Save the Children Bangladesh has been admitted to the intensive care unit of a hospital after he was hit by a truck in the capital’s Jurain area on Saturday.
18 April 2019

Road accidents claim six lives

At least six people, including a woman and her daughter, were killed in separate road accidents in Noakhali and Cumilla yesterday.
30 March 2019