road safety

road safety

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

The government initiated the move in January 2024 to enact a comprehensive Road Safety Act, designed to align with the UN-endorsed Safe System approach

Photo: TBS

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

Infograph: TBS

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?

Sketch: TBS

Road Safety in Bangladesh: Can RTSMS save lives?

Illustration: Freepik

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

True road safety requires more than laws on paper—it demands systemic reform, accountability, and sustainable urban planning. Photo: TBS

Why the Road Transport Act-2018 failed to ensure road safety

Photo: UNB

Students demand action for safer roads, call for National Safe Road Day

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Now BRTA vehicle inspectors, deputy directors can take action against traffic rule breakers

The World Health Organisation (WHO) logo is seen near its headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, February 2, 2023. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo

Accelerate safety measures to reduce road traffic deaths: WHO