As many as 8,505 people were killed and 10,999 others were injured in 6,929 accidents on roads, rail tracks, and waterways across the country in the outgoing year 2023, according to a report of Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity. Secretary General Md Mozammel Haque Chowdhury of the organization disclosed the information at
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Road crashes claim 576 lives in July: Report
BNP is now doing politics over road accidents: Quader
Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader Monday said Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) is now doing politics over road accidents after being failure in movement. "After practicing constant negative politics and making falsehood, BNP is now passing such a situation that if a person dies in a lightning strike, the party is
12 killed in Bangladesh road accidents
Four killed in road accidents
Two people were killed and three injured in a head-on collision between a truck and a microbus on Natore-Pabna Highway in Baraigram upazila of Natore yesterday. The deceased are Moniruzzaman (38) and Al Mahbub (42) of Chuadanga Sadar upazila, said Mashiur Rahman, officer-in-charge of Bonpara Highway Police. The OC said the Rajshahi-bound
5,371 road accidents: Deaths, injuries see sharp rise in 2021
Both the incidents of deaths and injuries in road accidents in Bangladesh saw a drastic rise in 2021 compared to 2020, according to Road Safety Foundation (RSF). The RSF also estimated Tk 96.31 billion (9,631 crore) as the human resources loss from the fatalities in the accidents. Some 6,284 people were killed
Bangladesh 106th out of 183 for having most road accidents
A statistic by the world life expectancy based on information from 183 countries puts Bangladesh on 106th position for having the most road accident related deaths. Zimbabwe tops the list for having the most unsafe roads with a fatality rate of 61.90% while the safest roads are in Sweden. Sweden reported
Road accidents killed 38,635 in past 5 years
At least 38,635 people were killed in road accidents across the country between 2015 and 2020, according to Bangladesh Jatri Kalyan Samity (BJKS). The lives were lost in a total of 26,279 accidents, the organization's Secretary General Mohammad Mozammel Haque Chowdhury informed the press on Thursday. He was addressing an event held
Concern over rising road crashes after lifting of lockdown
Following the lifting of lockdown or restrictions on movements, the number of road accidents and deaths has started rising in the country. Two army personnel were killed when a cement-loaded truck collided with an army pickup at Konabari in Sirajganj on Monday last. Three people were injured in the incident.
Rise in road crashes reflects weakness in road safety systems
Amid the Covid pandemic, the number of road accidents has decreased in neighbouring India, Pakistan and Myanmar. Accidents in these three countries have decreased by 20, 13 and 19 per cent respectively. But Bangladesh has seen a completely different picture. According to the data, the number of accidents in the