Five people died after bus overturned in Cumilla
However, according to Road Safety Foundation records, 6,524 people died on the roads last year. And, 1,053 of them were students. This means that 16 percent of the total road deaths last year were actually students. Syedur Rahman, executive director of the Road Safety Foundation, told Prothom Alo that road traffic rates are higher among […]
Although Kumar Vishwajeet performed on stage after many years, he remained sad inside. Speaking to Prothom Alo after the show, he said, “It was hard for me to control myself and perform. Sometimes it felt like a futile effort to stay good. After Nibir's accident I was trying to do my best. The world has […]
BRTA sources said that there is complexity in the application process. There is also delay in getting compensation. According to BRTA estimates, out of the total applications, compensation has been granted against only 267 in 15 months. Only 23 percent of the applicants received compensation. The government included a provision in the Road Transport Act […]
According to police and local sources, the car was going from Sylhet to Savar, Dhaka. When the car reached Haritala area on the Sylhet-Dhaka highway, it collided with a truck coming from the front. The car fell off the highway. All five including the car driver died in this. Among the dead are a 12-year-old […]
Mahin's friend Mohammad Maroof Ahmed reached the mortuary after hearing the news of Mahin's death. “He was a very good cyclist,” he said. He was always very happy. He kept everyone happy. He dreamed of one day becoming an expert cyclist.” Mahin's cousin Syed Shah Alam was waiting for the body in front of the […]
Accidents happen due to unfit vehicles, unlicensed driving, potholes on the road, tired and sleepy drivers, illegal vehicles and common people have to pay the price. They bear the pain of losing their loved ones, they fall into financial crisis when the earning member of the family is lost. Housing and Public Works Ministry liftman […]
Professor Hadiuzzaman, former director of the Accident Research Institute of Bangladesh University of Science and Technology (BUET), told Prothom Alo that working age people and students have more movement on the roads and hence they are becoming more victims of road mismanagement . Notably, after the student protests demanding road safety in 2018 that shook […]
The meeting was presided over by CUET Vice Chancellor Mohammad Rafiqul Alam. Pro VC Mohammad Jamal Uddin Ahmed, Registrar and Director of Student Welfare Department Mohammad Rezaul Karim were also present in the meeting. The announcement was made public in a notice signed by CUET Registrar Sheikh Mohammed Humayun Kabir. However, the situation worsened and […]
Earlier, Shanto Saha, a third-year student of the civil engineering department at CUET, and Taufiq Hussain, a second-year student of the same department, died after their motorcycle was crushed by a Shah Amanat Paribahan bus in Ziyanagar area of Rangunia on Monday. , The students have been protesting since then. The protesting students blocked the […]
40 year old Saddam Hussain is a resident of the same area. In Comilla, a farmer Hanif, 55, was crushed under a microbus on the Dhaka-Amirabad-Kachua road in Dakshin Mohammadpur village of Daudkandi upazila around 1:00 pm. He is a resident of the same village. Apart from this, 30-year-old auto-rickshaw driver Nazimuddin died after being […]
One of the four deceased women has so far been identified as Salma Zaman, 35, of Pallabi, Mirpur in Dhaka, as the other deceased passengers are estimated to be between 50 and 55 years of age. Three other passengers of the microbus going from Dhaka to Tekerhat were also seriously injured in the accident. Shafiqul […]
There are designated bus stops on the expressway, yet buses pick up and drop passengers elsewhere. There are at least eight such 'bus stops' between Jazeera and Bhanga. On Wednesday, buses were seen loading and unloading passengers in Ramanakanda, Surjanagar, Pachhar and Naodoba areas. Buses stopped for 5-10 minutes in Pachhar Circle and Bhanga toll […]
A bus crushed a bike and a motorcycle in Pirojpur, resulting in the death of about seven people. The accident occurred at around 12 noon on Friday in Beltala area of Pirojpur Sadar Upazila. Pirojpur Sadar police station in-charge (OC) Ashikuzzaman confirmed the death of seven people to Prothom Alo. He told that the people […]
