Belal Hossain Chowdhury, 34, joint news editor of private TV channel Somoy and two others were killed in separate road accidents in the city on Saturday, the police said. The other victims were 30-year old Mohammad Yusuf, quality control manager of Vision Garment and 32-year old day labourer Mohammad Elahi
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Keep highways clear
HC asks cops to free roads of markets, shops up to 20km from Dhaka city, asks for compliance report in 2 weeks The High Court yesterday ordered the police authorities to take immediate steps for removal of all shops, markets and bazars on the highways within 20 kilometres of the capital to ease traffic congestion ... Read more
Non-motorised vehicles not to be allowed on highways
The government on Wednesday ordered the law enforcement agencies not to allow non-motorised vehicles to ply national highways any more to check fatal accidents. The directive came at a meeting at the secretariat on highway traffic management. The home affairs minister, Sahara Khatun, presided over the
Students block road over fellow’s death
Government BL College students on Tuesday blocked the Khulna-Jessore Highway for an hour after one of their fellows died and another was injured in a road accident in the Khulna city. The deceased was identified as Md Abu Shahin, 20, son of Abu Sufian of village Uttar Bdhkashi under Koyra in Khulna and also a ... Read more
9 cops killed in Narsingdi road accident
Nine cops of Belabo police station, two of them inspectors, were killed in a road accident at Pukurpar in Shibpur upazila on the Dhaka-Sylhet high way Saturday morning, the police said. The fatal accident took the lives of Belabo police station officer-in-charge (administration) 42-year old Faruque Ahmed Khan, officer-in-charge (investigation) 42-year old