The seven sons and only daughter of Suresh Chandra Sheel, who died 10 days ago, went to a local temple on Tuesday morning for offeing puja. On the way home after offering puja four brothers were killed and three of other siblings were injured after a pick-up van ran them over while they were crossing ... Read more
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418 killed, 497 injured in 383 road accidents in December: report
At least 418 people were killed and 497 others were injured in road accidents across the country in December last year, according to a report by the Road Safety Foundation (RSF). A total of 383 road accidents took place during the period, it said. Among the deceased, 63 were women and 49 were children, according ... Read more
Bangladesh sets 80km maximum speed to reduce road accidents
Speed limit hastily set for all vehicles on highways In yet another impromptu move, the government yesterday decided that speed limiters would be installed in all modes of transports on highways to cap their speeds to 80kmph with an aim to check road accidents. The decision was made at a meeting of the National Road ... Read more
Ctg road accident kills one
An elderly man was killed in a road accident at Tiger-pass in the Chittagong city early Wednesday. The deceased was identified as Pulin Shil, 66, a resident at Sholkata of Anwara upazila under the district.
Five killed in road accidents
Five people were killed and two others sustained injuries in two separate road accidents at Uttara in the capital and its outskirt Keraniganj on Friday. In Keraniganj, three people were killed on the spot and two others were critically injured when a CNG-run auto-rickshaw rammed a motorcycle at Pouraharivita in Keraniganj under Keraniganj Model Police ... Read more
Two killed in city
Two people including a woman died in road accidents in the capital on Friday. At Matijheel, a man died when a bus ran over him. The deceased, Abdur Rahman, 32, was a cleaner at Border Guard Bangladesh headquarters and from Debipur at Laxsmipur.
13 killed in road accidents
Thirteen people were killed and 31 others injured in road accidents in Munshiganj, Manikganj, Comilla, Chittagong, Naogaon and Rangpur on Saturday and yesterday. Our Munshiganj correspondent reports, four people were killed and eight others injured as a bus hit a pickup from the opposite direction in
Fatal crash takes 13 lives
Bus from wrong side rams microbus in Sylhet, 12 of the dead were from same family At least 13 people, twelve of them from the same family, were killed and 30 others injured in a head-on collision between a bus and a microbus at South Surma of Sylhet yesterday morning. The accident occurred around 6:30 ... Read more
Road accidents kill 8 in 5 districts
Eight people were killed and six others injured in separate road accidents in Sirajganj, Chittagong, Khulna, Magura and Chandpur on Sunday and yesterday. Our Sirajganj correspondent reports, three people were killed and two others injured as a microbus rammed a human hauler on Bogra-Nagarbari
Road accidents spark off violent protests in capital
Death of a woman and injuries to a university student in separate road accidents at Moghbazar and Dhanmondi in the capital on Monday triggered violent protests. Marzina, 40, a cleaner of a shopping mall, died on the spot after a bus ran over her at M0ghbazar while a Stamford University student sustained critical
2 killed, 7 injured in road crashes
Two people, including a college student, were killed and seven others injured in separate road accidents in Chittagong, Jhenidah and Narail on Thursday and yesterday. Our staff correspondent from Chittagong reports, a woman died as a microbus ran her over on Dhaka-Chittagong highway in Baratakia area of Mirsarai upazila in Chittagong on
54 killed, 140 injured in road accidents
At least 54 people were killed and 140 others injured in separate traffic accidents all over the country during the Eid holydays. New Age Pabna correspondent reported at least five people were killed and 40 others injured in separate accidents in Ishwardi upazila in Pabna on Saturday and
Nine killed in road accidents
Nine people were killed and eight others injured in road accidents in Dhaka, Pabna, Magura, Madaripur, Thakurgaon, Panchagarh, Chittagong and Mymensingh on Monday and yesterday. Our staff correspondent reports, two people were killed and five others injured in road accidents in the capital yesterday. In an incident, bus helper Mohammed Raju, 25, was killed as two
Danger lurks on highways
Without road dividers, narrow highways become death trap; 904 people killed in 4 months Narrow highways, lack of road dividers on accident-prone stretches, faulty road markings and, above all, reckless driving continues to take lives on highways of the country, experts said. The experts also said buses had become the road menace and most accidents ... Read more
AL leader, 2 journos among 15 killed
Road Accidents AL leader, 2 journos among 15 killed PM orders arrest of drivers Fifteen people including Awami League’s Sylhet district unit senior vice-president Iftekhar Hossain Shamim and two journalists were killed in road accidents in Sylhet, Dhaka and Gaibandha yesterday. Eight people, including Iftekhar Hossain Shamim, were killed and 30 others injured when
Danger lurks on roads
Wild driving inspired by poor enforcement of traffic rules and soft penalty have made the highways across the country and the streets of the capital death traps. Fifteen people died in road accidents across the country yesterday alone. Last year, the number of road casualty in the country was 2,467 while the number of the
Divider, speed reducer can cut 30pc crash
States Buet’s 1998-2010 road accident research Thirty percent of the road accidents from 1998 to 2010, which claimed around 1,200 lives every year, could have been averted if road dividers and speed bumps had been set up to check head-on and rear-end collisions. During the period, 14,876 people were killed and 6,741 others injured in ... Read more
10 killed in two road accidents
Ten people, including six of a family, were killed in separate road accidents in Noakhali and Keraniganj on Sunday. Seven people were killed when their car plunged into a roadside pond in Sonaimuri upazila of Noakhali on Sunday morning while they were going to Noakhali to attend the namaz-e-janaza of a relative. Of the seven ... Read more
Four of a family, car driver killed in road accident
At least five people, four of whom were of one family, died and 20 others were injured in a traffic accident on the Dhaka–Sylhet Highway near Abdul Kadir Molla City College in the Narsingdi district headquarters about 12:30pm on Thursday. The deceased were Nurun Nesa 50, Kohinoor, 26, Sijala, 20 and Yasmin, 18, all of ... Read more
14 killed in road accidents
Fourteen people were killed and 20 others injured in separate road accidents in Comilla, Tangail and Natore on Sunday and Monday. In Comilla, four people were killed in a road accident in Barpara area on Dhaka-Chittagong highway under Daudkandi upazila on