1,100 children killed in road accidents in 2023: Road Safety Foundation report

The report cited unplanned construction of roads, lack of proper maintenance and careless movement of vehicles as the main reasons behind the deaths of children on the roads. However, Bangladesh Road Transport Authority (BRTA) Chairman Noor Mohammad Majumdar claimed that the roads are now being constructed in a planned manner. He said, “We have been […]

Indian engineer and wife killed in Satkhira road accident: Tragic accident on Satkhira-Khulna road

Deceased engineer Asim Kumar Biswas, 60, and his 49-year-old wife Chobi Biswas are residents of Siliguri, West Bengal. The driver of the private car, Mohammad Rafiqul Islam Sajib, 30, was injured in the accident. He is a resident of Khulna Dighalia area. Inspector Uttam Mitra of Katia outpost of Satkhipra said that Asim Kumar Vishwas […]

Tragic road accident in Chattogram: 7 family members including 3 children killed in collision

Seven people of a family, including three children, were killed and two others injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a CNG-powered auto-rickshaw in Chattogram’s Hathazari upazila on Tuesday, police said. The accident occurred around 12:00 pm on the Chattogram-Khagrachari Regional Highway in the Board School area of ​​Ward 7 of Mirzapur Union […]

People from the ruling party are hindering discipline in the transport sector: RSF

In the press conference, several recommendations were made to bring order in the area. Recommendations include increasing initiatives to produce trained drivers, fixing working hours of drivers, building capacity of BRTA, banning low-speed vehicles on highways, constructing road dividers on every highway, eliminating extortion in the public transport sector. Including stopping, refurbishing the rail. tracks […]

7 killed in Narsingdi road accident

At least seven people were killed in a collision between a truck and a microbus in Ghasirdiya area of ​​Shibpur upazila in Narsingdi. The accident happened on the Dhaka-Sylhet highway after 2:00 pm on Friday. Abul Kalam Azad, Deputy Assistant Director (DAD) of Narsingdi Fire Service, said all the victims were passengers of the microbus. […]