road safety

road safety

Halve road deaths by 2030. Photo: collected

Call for immediate road safety act to halve road deaths by 2030

A new and standalone Road Safety Act, he said, is essential for reducing casualties by 50%, especially as individuals aged 5–29 remain the most vulnerable.

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Ctg city corp urges safe driving at road safety stakeholder meeting

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'State failure' in industrial safety: Workers' forum demands justice with 12-point reforms

Two buses collided in Faridpur-Khulna Highway on 15 October 2024. Photo: TBS

2% GDP lost in road accidents: Nirapad Sarak Chai kicks off month-long programme to raise awareness

A pickup van got into an accident in Chattogram on 18 August 2025. Photo: Focus Bangla

Road safety law stuck in drafting despite rising fatalities

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Broken roads, broken lives: Can you sue the government for compensation?

A local bus in Farmgate releases thick black smoke on Sunday. In Dhaka, rundown and unfit buses are a common menace. Many are decades old, rusting, with faulty brakes and smoke-belching engines. For commuters, each ride is a risky gamble—threatening both health and safety. Photo: Rajib Dhar

Choking in black smoke, bus owners don’t give a damn

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New road safety law in the works to curb accidents, fatalities

Photos show the rush of home-goers and the traffic situation at Gazipur Chawrasta area on Friday, 28 March 2025. Photos: TBS

A mid-term sustainable plan: Essential for a safe Eid journey

Motorcyclists wait in front of the Padma Bridge toll plaza ahead of the Eid vacation on 28 March 2025. Photo: TBS

Eid journey: Road to celebration or road to tragedy?

Bus crushes a car, runs over a motorcycle and rear-ended a microbus at the Dhaleshwari toll plaza, on the Dhaka-Mawa expressway, in Keraniganj, on Friday, 27 December 2024. Photo: Syed Zakir Hossain

Reckless drivers and unfit vehicles: Is it too much to ask for road safety?

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Road Safety in Bangladesh: Can RTSMS save lives?

Illustration: Freepik

Students demand 29 July to be recognised as ‘Road Safety Day’